Big rides

Yesterday, I did my first century ride. Admittedly, I did not set any speed and I had to turn around to get the remaining 4.62 miles to make it a clean 100, but I did every mile with the panniers on. There was even a headwind most of the day.

There was a point when we didnt think we would make it to our fallback of 70 miles.

Of course, today was the opposite. We started really strong for the first 20 miles, but hit a rough headwind that destroyed us in a valley. As it was our hottest day yet, it descimated us. In fact, the only reason we made it to 100 was a thunderstorm gave us a massive tailwind that allowed us to clear 20 miles in little over an hour. Of course, it eventually caught us and we had to take shelter, which was a blessing in disguise. A couple in a car pointed us to an airpport hanger where some WWII planes were on display as part of a show. We just missed the B52 trying to land in the thunderstorm.