Breakfast at 7am. Pancakes with pancakes or cereal and grits. Great stuff! Loren was up at about 4.30am! A keen man.
We left the hotel at about 8.10am and mid to late field. Up the 1st (and only) little “bump”, my roommates were left behind. Whoops!
A tailwind flat stretch soon followed and cruising at 25mph was easy. A train crossing allowed some navigators to catch up. They lasted until the next flat long stretch.
After the mandatory sag stop at about 30 miles, I headed out and caught more riders. Ending up riding with a recumbent and another cyclist all the way to Sacramento. On entering town, the raisable bridge was being tested so we had to wait.
We arrived in town, before the luggage, at about 11.50am after 58.5 miles of cycling in 3hrs 37m with a maximum of 29.1mph. A flat, uninspiring ride with no scenery of any consequence. The day was fine, sunny and mild with not much wind.
Dinner was again uninspiring – potato salad, green salad, garlic bread, b-b-q chicken, beef and cookies. Drinks other than water were a little bit extra!
Tomorrow’s ride has 2,000ft of climbs compared with today’s flat 600ft. Strangely enough, I am looking forward to the hills tomorrow and the next day!
A quick ride back into and around Old Town Sacramento (which looks like Disneyland, complete with river boats) ended the day before retiring to the triple room option at the hotel which is a double as they don’t allow rollaways!
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