We started our day once again enjoying a meal prepared by John Garrity – breakfast at his office – french toast, sausage and coffee ( by the way – it was a great cup of coffee). After a quick meal and some laughs with the employees at his office, we were back in route to the start of today’s ride. The route was sim
ilar to yesterday, but we wound up with a net increase in elevation of a couple hundred feet. This was hardly noticeable over the 127 miles we rode today. The temperature was like yesterday, started at 69 degrees and reached a high of 86 degrees. Winds were out of the SSE as we traveled almost straight east. We averaged 19.8 mph. We did manage to slip in a short (1/2 mile climb with an 8% grade) – total climb for the day – 1,168 feet.
Larry did an outstanding job of guiding us to Winamac today. Not only did he save us about 5 miles, but he kept us on smoother roads with less traffic. Lesson learned – don’t try a ride like this without a lot of Hart!
We have now traveled almost 2,475 miles since leaving Astoria 24 days ago. We only have 9 days left in our ride. A week from Saturday we hope to complete our ride – just over 1,000 miles to go. The weather patterns appear to be holding yet – high temperatures remaining in the mid 80s with the chances of rain Saturday and Sunday.
