Thanks to Pastor Dave's help, we had one of the best routes of the entire trip. Although the route was very short compared to what we've accustomed to riding (43 miles or so), we all have memories of Denver to Boulder which was an even shorter route (35 miles) and turned into a nightmare (you can see my post for that day (http://upyourcadence.blogspot.com/2014/07/day-39-denver-to-boulder-35-miles-of.html).
But that didn't happen, because we had such a wonderful route. In the first twenty miles of the ride, I counted I think no more than twenty cars that passed us from the back, meaning we had about one car per mile. Compared to the crazy busy roads that we've had to ride, it was really paradise. A lot of the road was also incredibly smooth, which makes a big difference as well.
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| Elevation Profile for today... not bad at all, not bad at all |
While we were riding, we also had the pleasant surprise of Barry Sherry literally just showing up on the road to meet us. I think he had driven to Corvallis and since he knew our route today, he rode back towards Eugene and just met up with various riding groups that he ran into along the way.
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| Small town America |
Once we got into Corvallis around 1PM, of course we had little to do, since the host (Boys and Girls Club) weren't able to let us in until 6PM... oops. So we just biked around the city (another incredibly bike friendly city by the way) and visited bike shops, ate more ice cream / pizza, and the Oregon State University bookstore (for stickers of course). Then this happened:
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| Napchat level grand master... we spent a solid 30 minutes on these chairs in the bookstore |
After getting into the Boys and Girls Club and showering, we went out for Japanese food and just had a great day. We've had some really difficult days of riding, so a day like today was great to get everyone's spirits up and finish an easy ride.
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