Thanks ya'll -- but this ride was too much (all the gory details in my post under October 29 ride). Turned out our ride TO the lunch was probably 30+ miles, all in a terrific headwind, it took us over 2.5 hours instead of the hour we had projected AND my DH was getting worried about the time issue so I gobbled my lunch and had severe gastric distress all the way home (we even hitched a ride with a pick-up truck for about three miles)!

I'm sure an easy ride to lunch and a leisure, restful stop for lunch woulda made all the difference. Anyway, live and learn!