BAD-ASS BABES

What a great ride! Pat and Shannon and I, 47 miles, sharing drafting, sharing talk.... totally super. We took a break at halftime going through a smalltown historical museum. We shared Power Bars and peanut bars. We had a blast. Pat is 65 and Shannon is, probably, about 60, and then there's me bringing up the rear at 54.... we whooped along about 15mph and had a blast. Shannon hadn't done more than 15 miles this winter so it was a long stretch for her but she totally held her own. These are some hard-muscled babes. Pat has cycled across the country, does 200-300 miles a week during her normal biking season. I didn't get as much detail on Shannon but she's done mountain-bike trips lasting days, and both of them talk about 15-18-hour mountain hikes like a walk in the woods. I feel so good!

A lot of fun, and after my 3-day rest I felt wonderful!

Today's ride took me, on my virtual bike ride across the nation, into the spectacular Crater Lake National Park in southern Oregon... my first short-term goal and a heaven-sent place to rest up from "serious" biking for a couple days while doing some easy jogging, bike-cruising, and hiking. Please, please check the link to find out why I'm so enthralled! /Also check my sidebar link, Bike America under Training-Fantasy Maps, to see where I've been. In 1971 Steve was working in nearby Chemult, OR, for the summer; I was in Maryland, after our second year at Michigan State University, and we pretty much fell in love via mail that summer. I "rode" through Chemult on my way to Crater Lake.