I had planned to set out at 5:30 this morning, but it being Saturday morning I was lazy so it was more like 6:40. I planned on trying to get some serious mileage if the heat would let me. But I built in a couple of bailout points in my planned route.

Although It was not a new route, I changed a section to some never ridden roads which included one particularly wicked hill. Sometimes when you keep going up and up it seems like the Twilight Zone.

Although the temp wasn't too bad at first, it started climbing and I started drinking, which is good. But as I approached a bailout point, I realized that if I turned right and went long, there is no place for many miles to refill my bottles, which were about empty. So I went left. Bought some Gatorade at the Norene General Store and about 15 more miles to home. Probably a good choice as I really wasn't sweating a lot.

Total: 48.06 miles.