While Elizabeth and I started out riding together we did get separated on day 3. She climbs hills much faster than I do...let's just say that I'm very familiar with my "granny gear" when it comes to hills. Along with hills slowing me down, we also had record heat and 28mph head wind. As Elizabeth already stated, there was zero coasting down hill. You literally stopped dead in your tracks if you stopped pedaling. Once separated, I rode primarily with Raoul, another teammate. We stopped to have breakfast sandwiches in Auburn, our first pass through town of the day. We also stopped in the third pass through town, Lohrville to eat at Mr. Porkchop. I would have never imagined eating a 1.5 inch thick porkchop before 10am, but it was delicious!
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| Mr. Porkchop |
Raoul and I let our food settle and then got back on our bikes to ride 8.2 miles to the meeting town of Farnhamville. This was literally the longest 8.2 miles of my life the wind wore me down to the point I had to stop every mile to take a break. I called it a day once arriving at our RV in Farnhamville...my little leggies were tired thanks to the wind.
Once in Webster City, a few of us decided to go see Dark Knight Rises to enjoy some AC and popcorn. Elizabeth snoozed a little bit throughout the movie, but the best is when she flinched real hard and woke herself up!
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| Jeff G., Jeff M. and Elizabeth at the movies |
Love the pics!
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