Congrats, Kerrybelle, on your 1st century. And to HipGnosis6 for getting on the bike again.

I ended up doing a 24 mile loop Sunday. DH came along because he's been traveling and eating too much and not exercising. Leave it to me, I take him up the biggest hill I know, and then have to slow down and finally stop before he can catch up. Every hill he'd get behind and I'd have to slow down for the next 1/2 mile (but slowing on the hill? nope, can't do that). Anyway, nice ride, nice weather, nice scenery. Good to be out.

MDHillSlug, I did a ride in Columbia a couple weeks ago with a friend. We started at APL and I was told that part of our route was on the Columbia Triathlon course (is there more than one?). They kept talking about this one hill, and when we got there and were 2/3 of the way up, I asked my friend when it was going to get steep. She just scowled at me. They'd built it up so much that I was expecting worse. Besides, we came at it straight, and the triathlon course makes a left turn into it right at the start of the hill, so the triathlon riders have to do it with no starting momentum.