On the road at 6:45 but didn’t get in til after 1;30. Long day but sunny, and I apparently had a very slight tail wind. Didn’t know it til I got to town and rode up and down Main St. Thank goodness it wasn’t in my face. I got into town on the last half of my last bar as it was. Lots of long rolling hills all day. There was a long 1 1/2 mile 7% climb that I got to go down. My side was long and gentle. I’m glad I didn’t have to climb that with all the other climbing I did. Needless to say. I am tired.

Great shoulders until Colorado, then NO shoulders. Kind of hairy with the trucks and campers..

Last night, right after I sent my blog, this cyclist pulled up to the house. Poor guy got caught in that storm about 10 miles out of town, but a “trail angel” picked him up. He said the wind was so strong he could hardly stay upright. When you hike the PCT or Appalacian Trail, there are “trail angels” who stash water out in desolate areas and give you rides to town for supplies or whatever else you might need. On the road, we always hope there will be an angel to give us a ride when we need it. If I ever run out of battery. I’ll need one. I’m hoping that doesn’t happen, but that wind can change everything real fast.

I had beautiful pensteman flowers all along the road today. Everything from light blue to iridescent purple. I was gawking so much one time that I ran into the rumble strips. Oops.