My 40 mile ride turned out to be too hot for this gal. If I wasn't so slow and got out earlier mabe I could beat some of this 100 degree stuff. My camelback was worth it's weight in gold. About 4 miles from home I began getting chills, so stopped at a DQ to cool and down a malt + ice water. 7 miles of my road had a new top poured last week and was smooooooth. Bad news, I had to ride through construction crews putting gravel on my beautiful road. My route to ride will be cut to 3 with the first miles the same. Not many roads in this part of the state if you don't want to go interstate. On occasion I see another local cyclist but yesterday it was fun to meet a tourist who was on his 20th day of cycling from Washington, and was headed to ride Ragbrai.