A very interesting day. Locals said the road was dangerous with lots of trucks, shoulders that came and went, extreme hills of 19%. None of that happened. I hate it when locals blow things out of proportion. Only four riders, Bill, Karen, Michael and Dave dicided to ride the whole thing. Katherine and I decided to ride part of it, but, unfortunately, we rode the hardest part. I was so bummed. We stopped right before a huge hill but after that, the road was a gentle downhill. So, unfortunately, we missed the best part. We did get out of the sag wagon towards the end but by them, there was a headwind instead of the beautiful tail wind in the part we missed. Oh, well, can’t win them all.
The scenery was awesome. The one and only road went through forests of heavily forested evergreens with lakes and rock outcropppings. So beautiful.
One of the signs we saw along the way and it was a big downhill. I dislike long steep downhills almost more than the long uphills, although I do complain about both.
Bill and Karen on the ride.
Janice on the left who totally cracks me up. Her Australian accent is so funny and I can hardly understand her half the time. But we laugh and laugh.
We had a very nice dinner cooked by fellow bikers and it was so good. Hamb, pork chops, salads, and drinks. We snarfed like a bunch of hungry bikers.
I rode with Katherine today. We had a good time.
44.5 miles today. 2791.1 total
BikerAl Across America 2018 