Today was an 80 mile ride with 1800 feet of elevation gain, averaged 14.8 mph. Cumulative total 716 miles.
The ride was mostly flat with long hills it was a cool day under bright blue skies and strong head winds all day. You can see the difference in scenery, changing from farm land to more heavily wooded areas. I drafted Rick, the mechanic and Joanna to the New York State line. The ride was along Lake Erie and it is a pretty lake, the waves and white caps were many different shades. Then the tandem bike caught us and we drafted them for 20 miles, it was a big help with the strong head winds.. We stopped for coffee and a banana at a light house, Daniel Reed Memorial Pier in Barcelona, NY. Rode by Dunkirk and saw the hotel where we used to stay on our trips to Oberlin OH, taking Lynne to college.
Today's food was a Burger King and McDonald's. Had to ride 1/2 mile back to McDonald's from the hotel, which is in the middle of nowhere. We were to have a pizza party tonight, but the restaurant went out of business, so we ate at the Holiday Inn, had some ziti and meatballs, steamed vegetables, salad and rolls and a glass of red wine from a screw top bottle, it tasted great!
Posted by Ann, I will get some of that red wine for when he gets home.
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