This morning we watched stormy weather roll in from the west. Since you can see so far we could safely bike and marvel at the incredible lightening at the same time. For a moment we thought we may have to stop but we out-biked the rain. It felt like we were storm chasers. The clouds were ever changing and so beautiful and unique.
We came to a small town at mile 30 and stopped at a super cute cafe. The woman there had a little home kitchen and was serving bisquits and gravy. She also had ice cream and hot drinks. I had delicios bisquits and a spiced chai. It was heavenly. Little did we know lunch was .5 mile up the road, so we stopped breifly again to pick up snacks for later.
After lunch we experienced blue skies. The weather changes so fast around here. Kelsey and I took off and rode 23 miles straight before taking a break...very unusual for us. We were averaging 16.3 miles and rolled into town at 12:20. 70 miles in a little over 4 hours.
The temp got very hot towards the end of our ride, so we stopped at Dairy Queen; a vanilla cone has never tasted so yummy. With so much time at our host site, most people took naps, watched the Olympics, and just relaxed and hung out. For dinner tonight we have a hodge podge of donated food from around town.
It's hard to believe there are only 18 days left. My body is telling me it's time to get off the bike and my mind looks forward to home, but these last weeks will be fun. The mountains are coming up, another day off in Idaho, and Washington (a state I have never experienced).
It took me 2 times reading to figure out the title. Stormy Weather and Blue Skies. Did I miss any others?
ReplyDelete