Thank you God, thank you God, thank you God! Thanks also to all the prayer warriors who continue to hold us in your prayers!
Today's objective was 106 miles from Casper to Lusk, WY and after the brutal headwinds on Thursday, we were all a little leary of today's ride. Thanks to all you prayer warriors and the mercy of God, the wind did not play a significant factor in today's ride.
Team Turtle got off to a good start this morning and we did the best job to date of moving through the SAG stops. When you are doing a long ride, if you piddle around just a few minutes at each SAG stop, you lose precious momentum and time on the day. Way to go Turtles!
It was also a blessing that we had overcast skies for essentially the entire day. The cloudy skies kept the temperature and winds at managable levels and also decreased the time we had to spend at each SAG reapplying lotion. I know it doesn't sound like much but it really makes a difference.
We had two flats today as a team. Jeff got a flat during the 15 miles we rode on the interstate. That's not at all uncommon as the burm is filled with debris and pieces of radial car tires which have small wires that play havoc with bike tires. The boys got Jeff rolling again in less than 10 minutes. We girls made good use of the time by taking a pee while we were waiting. The boys were absolutely astonished that we would just go right by the interstate. Hey fellas...a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do. It's amazing to me how three weeks ago we were so careful to find a tree or bush to duck behind and now we'll go right by the interstate.
Today was our strongest day to date as a team. Sam's garmin clocked us at an average speed on the day of just over 15 mph! We also had a really nice straight, tight paceline all day and did a great job communicating hazards and directions.
Our entertainment for today was singing our high school and college fight songs as well as the theme songs to the Beverly Hillbillies, the Brady Bunch and Gilligan's Isle.
Keep up those prayers for westerly winds!
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