It was raining when we left Centralia this morning and the rain continued for 14 miles, over an hour and a half. And the temperature remained in the 40s.
At mile 3, we had our first climb, over 1 1/2 miles long – not much fun when your legs are not yet warmed up – but I just keep pedaling – and, of course, it was raining. At mile 12, we had a steep descent of 16% with a nice long runoff – I’m sure my speed was over 30 mph for some part of the downhill.
By mile 19, my hands were freezing, even though the rain had stopped. There was a gas station and I bought a pair of rubber work gloves which did the trick as far as warming up my hands. And Peggy, Donna and I stopped in Toledo for some lunch at Donna’s Place.
We followed the Cowlitz River for several miles, stopping in Castle Rock at The Vault for tea – Don and I had stopped there during the Santana tour and I recommended it to my fellow cyclists, many of whom had stopped before me.
The attraction in our final destination in Longview is the Nutty Narrows, so I took a detour off course to check one out, and was able to FaceTime with Ana and Yoseph, my grandchildren, to share the sight.
If the 56 miles of pedaling wasn’t enough, Barbara and I walked to Lake Sacajawea before dinner.
My roommate tonight is Pat from Vermont who has been on 17 WomanTours.
57.76 miles on Garmin, 10.85 mph, 2965.8 ascent (max speed 35.75 mph)
3 Comments
Leave a reply →