After waking up at 4 am due to the sprinklers going off, we did sleep in a bit, but were up in plenty of time and ready to ride at 7:30 am. This was going to be a fun day because we would have two tandems in the group.

After the initial climb we had a descent down into the town of Shutter Creek. We then  had a roller coaster ride through a series of rollers. With the weight of the tandem we could pickup enough speed and momentum on the downhill so that we could power up the uphill portion.

We kept the pace fast because we needed to get to Ryde early so we could setup the rooms so our guests could use them for showers so we wanted to be one of the first in camp. We did make a stop just before Ryde to buy a sandwich but we carried it to camp and ate it later.

Total Distance: 75.1 miles
Total Climbing: 1,700 feet
Average Speed: 18.4 mph

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