Starting at 6-20am, after another solid buffet breakfast, into a sunny and warm day with a head wind, soon saw many early riders being pulled in. By the 1st sag at 25 miles, I was almost the 1st rider.
The road was generally in superb condition. Scenery was just “nothingness” – sand and rocks with low lying scrub for miles and miles. The road rolled up and down with a couple of good descents – pity about the wind!
We crossed into Colorado at about the 70 mile mark. There was no one in sight! With about 15 miles to go, I caught Cliff, who had started early, and Burt, who had sagged 1-2, and we rode fairly fast into town. The other 2 really enjoyed themselves!
After sag 1, the wind was basically a non-event and the pace slowly increased. Three or four long gentle climbs added some interest to the day.
The total ride for the day was approximately 96.8 miles in 5hrs 33m with a maximum of 41.2mph (the speedo missed a couple of beats.)
Dinner was an average buffet, complete with hot food servers! There was a huge thunderstorm with heavy rain and plenty of thunder and lightening. It cooled considerably with the rain.
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