April 21st rides - Saturday

[lauraelmore1033]

Was so tuckered out from saturdays ride that I went home and ate and then
slept like the dead. Did a club ride on beautiful Shaw Island (somewhere in the neighborhood of Orcas and Lopez islands). Now, I knew those little islands were hilly, but I do have to laugh at my innocence now as I reflect on how grindingly hard it was. We only rode 17 miles, but I think they were mostly vertical. I'm not sure of the elivation gain, but those were the biggest hills I've ever ridden on. The high point of the ride came when we reached the small park 3 quarters of the way through the ride, which had a beautiful sandy beach and views of all the neighboring islands breaching the water like little mountain tops. Quite a stunning view. The native islanders were very friendly and seemed amused at our efforts. We also met a resident who had done a cycling tour of all the islands from Whidby to the San juans and she assured us that Shaw Island was not, in fact, hilly. "A piece of cake", it was, she said. Ok, whatever. The only drawback of the trip was the fact that most of the day was spent on the ferry. It was a lovely ride though, and in good company to boot

[BabyBlueNTulsa]

We were supposed to do 50 Saturday (yesterday), but we did just about every hill possible around our route. I think that should count for the five miles we missed in distance. LOL - what's the ruling, huh gals?

Weather was gorgeous, but fairly windy. 80degrees and sunshine everywhere...no clouds.