600.6 total trip miles
11.2 mph average
3267’ climbing
FF - 9
MP - Bob Connolly, Mr Common Ground, The Instigator. He hates seeing regular citizens taken advantage of in society, so works to empower them to level the playing field. A great mentor for me & we worked together starting the Common Ground Healthcare Cooperative.
Bubba started the rider meeting tonight by saying “Congratulations, you have just participated in the most difficult day ever in C2C history.” For me it was a tale of two rides - The Worst Ever & ‘Just’ a Hard Ride. We started out the day with rain, a head wind & climbing a mountain. For that I give it a Fatigue Factor of 11 out of 10. When we reached our lunch point at mile 36, a number of bikers said “enough”, and no one blamed them. We were all cold & wet. But the map said we would be going downhill after lunch, so many of us decided to keep going. The rain stopped & there was even a bit of sunlight, but it was still cold. We were a little surprised at a number of hills climbing into Tombstone, but with no rain they were less intimidating. The afternoon gets an FF of 7, so overall the day averaged out to 9 for me. We are staying in a hotel tonight, which is great because it’s way too cold to be in a tent.
No pictures this morning, but this afternoon I got a few. One of the riders who rode in the car after lunch got this picture of me in the afternoon.
Here is some nice scenery with me off the bike in my full rain gear.
And here is a picture of the sign at the entrance to Tombstone
