I had to take one last photo of the sunrise at Crater Lake. There are many people sitting in the rocking chairs enjoying the sunrise at 6:30 am. I’ll bet none of them are going to ride a bicycle 90 miles today.
We dropped 2,000 feet quickly and had breakfast at the 7 mile point. The temperature was 50 degrees but felt colder because of the natural wind and the wind due to 20 mph downhill.
By mile 27 we had removed the extra layers of clothing.
Much of today’s ride was in farm and ranch land. It would have been a great ride if it were not for the headwind. But overall, it wasn’t bad for a 90 mile day.
In round numbers, we started at 7,100 feet, and throughout the day we climbed 3,100 feet and descended 8,200 feet, ending at 2,000 feet. The bad part of this ride is that we’ll be back at 8,000 feet in a couple of days – more difficult days ahead.
As we descended into Ashland – a 3,000 foot descent – the vegetation suddenly turned yellow; it’s obviously much drier here.
Once again riders ask me if Brenda has gotten stronger or if I’ve gotten weaker? My answer is “yes”. Once again she arrives at the motel an hour before me. But that’s not all bad; she has the luggage in the room and had purchased a Diet Pepsi for me.
Miles today = 90, Elevation gain = 3,141. Total miles = 683, Tot Elevation gain = 37,692
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