Erinn emailed and suggested we ride the 100km Peach of a Century route beginning at Jefferson today. What a great call! We began our ride at noon and had really good weather. There was a noticeable wind out of the north but it just added to the workout of the first half as we pedaled mostly north. We had nice roads, low traffic, and great views. The temps were in the upper 60's and the sky had a smattering of white clouds. No threat of rain. I had 4 cameras in the pickup (if you count the cell phone as one) but didn't get any of them on the bike so you won't be bothered with photos or video today. ;-)
We rode an out and back version today, from Jefferson to Stayton then towards Salem until we got 30 miles then backtracked. Well, backtracked except for a few blocks of "exploring" in Stayton that added just a bit to our route. The return trip was a blast. What had been a bit of work into the wind turned into a speed fest on the return with a trailing wind pushing us. I rarely saw below 22 mph.
We came back to our vehicles with a good ride behind us and not exhausted. I think we both would have been up for more miles, but there will be other days.
A good day, good company....... a good ride. The only thing keeping it from being classified as a great ride was there wasn't any peach cobbler waiting for us at the end!
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...............Road Bike.....LifeCycle.....Total Miles
Today...........62...............0
Jan total.......98.....+........402....=..........500
Feb total.....385.....+.......220....=...........605
Mar total.....659.....+........41.....=...........700
YTD...........1406....+.......720....=.........2126
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