The wind was still in our face for the whole day. It was the worse when we came done SH 181 for 24 miles. We were not fast and manage to stay at a constant speed of 8.5 miles. Never faster but it was level the whole time and although I tried all the low gears the bike would not go any faster. It took three hours to finish that part of the ride.
Here is a picture of this section of the road
Then the flat stuff ended and the route "got serious about routing us off the beaten path, onto narrow and hilly country". This quote was quite correct and my legs were done at 55 miles and I found several hills that were very comfortable walks up.
Thankful for Today
The new word for problem today was dogs. Until today we had very few dogs that chased us but that ended today. We were chased 4 times during the days. I spayed two with water bottles, out ran one and threw stones at one. Dave picked up a small piece of plastic that made a neat woos when he swung it and that kept a couple off him. So in the end I am thankful that up to now all the dogs have been tied up and none of the dogs caught me today.
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