Today has been my favorite day of riding so far. I have never experienced riding quite like today’s was. Besides an 8 mile climb the terrain was rolling hills with lots of steep downhill. After our 5:30 wake-up we headed East back onto Highway 2 towards Coulee City, another small town on the eastern side of Washington. Before we even started the day my tire popped on a small rock in the parking lot, man that’s annoying. Today’s weather was a warm 78 degrees and high winds. But was made this ride so fun was that the wind was facing our backs, we were flying down the road averaging 28 mph on flat ground and 35 on the downhill. My max speed for the day was 48 mph and I can’t even begin to describe how exhilarating it is to be going that fast on two of the skinniest wheels you have ever seen. In all the day was 65 miles and we made it to lodging earlier than expected.
There wasn’t a friendship visit tonight but we did have a sponsored event that the Cattle Women put on. Apparently there is a group of women out here associated as the “Cattle Women” and they promote beef, go figure. Despite their humorous name the shredded beef sandwiches’ they took an hour preparing were delicious. After dinner our evening consists of getting our bikes tuned for the next day as well as getting to bed early so we can tackle the next day. Tomorrow we head for Spokane and will be our first 100 mile day. Tonight I iced my knees and have been stretching often, that lactic acid build up is really starting to get to me. I am eager to get into Spokane because we will get a day off there, also, many of my fraternity brothers from WSU will be there to greet us and host the dinner.
…100 miles here we come.
There wasn’t a friendship visit tonight but we did have a sponsored event that the Cattle Women put on. Apparently there is a group of women out here associated as the “Cattle Women” and they promote beef, go figure. Despite their humorous name the shredded beef sandwiches’ they took an hour preparing were delicious. After dinner our evening consists of getting our bikes tuned for the next day as well as getting to bed early so we can tackle the next day. Tomorrow we head for Spokane and will be our first 100 mile day. Tonight I iced my knees and have been stretching often, that lactic acid build up is really starting to get to me. I am eager to get into Spokane because we will get a day off there, also, many of my fraternity brothers from WSU will be there to greet us and host the dinner.
…100 miles here we come.
Above Picture: I rode with Cody and Joel almost the whole day, we had some fun times flying down the steep hills. Here they are enjoying a little Eastern Washington wheat!
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