Click here for Garmin daily ride data Note the ride data is off slightly because I had forgotten to start the watch. Missing aprox 25 miles of data. Click here for Summary Data sheet ***new*** (This is cool if you like lots of data! It may take a few seconds to load but you can hit play and time compress our ride. ) DAILY REPORT: The weather report called for another ideal biking day. Temps in the high 90's w/ lots of humidity. Head wind increasing after noon. A 30% chance of a thundershower.
Today we had a fun day biking. We started w/ little to no wind. the shoulders on Rt 50 were perfect for riders; wide and in general clear of debris. Traffic was light. For the first several hours we averaged a little over 19 mph. Then we got some head wind and rolling hills. The boys were bushed by the time we finished for the day. There we plenty of water stops along the way so we had told Skip to meet us at La Junta (~60 miles) for lunch. After he dropped us off he went to go have breakfast w/ his brother in law who lives in Pueblo. Several hours later we arrived in La Junta so we called Skip to find out where he was at. He said he was 35 miles from town. Asked what happened and he said it was the GPS's fault because it had gotten him lost. Now I found that very amusing since for the entire day we are on only one road - Rt 50!!! No turns; just a straight shot!!! So we ended up biking to the next town 20 miles further down the road to meet Skip for lunch.
Dinner was at KFC; on Sunday they have an all you can eat buffet. Once again this is just great for several starving teenagers. I am pretty sure they lost money on us!! Skip then took the boys out for shakes at the local Sonic Restraunt which was very nice. Tomorrow is our longest day of the trip of over 150 miles. I was really hoping for a tail wind but doesn't look like we are going to get it. But no matter how you slice it; there will be some significant saddle time tomorrow. We really appreciate all the kind words of encouragement and fan mail we have been getting through Facebook and riding4hope@yahoo.com. Keep it coming. Thanks!! Thanks for joining us.....ride safely and keep the wind to your back!! The Riding4Hope Team (David, John, James & Skip) Signing out 7/20/09; 0030
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