I was on sweep team this morning and we had to serve breakfast, cleanup, and load the gear truck with everyone’s bags. The luggage limit is supposed to be 60 pounds, but some are really heavy. Some are using hockey goalie bags, which are huge! I think there is even a goalie in there! It was so sandy and dirty where we had to load that some of us took leg showers before we left on our ride.
Today was only 35 miles, with a tail wind. We did have a 1,000 foot climb right off the bat, but it went down on the other side quite steep and straight. I was able to set a new personal maximum speed record of 46.1 mph. I am feeling more comfortable on those drops, but don’t want to get overconfident. You keep praying, “no flats now, no flats now”.
The scenery changed again today from the barren sagebrush hills, to a wide green valley in the Ontario, OR area, thanks to irrigation. We crossed into the Mountain time zone today and that means we must be making some headway. We are now 2 hours behind our home time. Tomorrow, we will cross into Idaho, staying at Boise for the weekend. It is a 65 mile day tomorrow. The sun is still hot today, but the temps are in the 80s for a high.
Love to all, P & J.
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