  Back From SAGBRAW Ok, I'm back from my urlLink second biking vacation this summer. I think I'm going to be pouty again for awhile like I was after GRABAAWR, too. The ride was awesome. It was beautiful each day and riding along Lake Michigan on a bike instead of a car is so much prettier since you actually have the time to enjoy it. And the nice brisk mornings weren't all that bad thanks to the nice arm warmers I had picked up a week before leaving. I think I managed to get another shade tanner, but now my bike-geek-shorts tan line really sticks out like a sore thumb. Since I only started on day 4 in Sturgeon Bay, the daily rides were 67 miles, 47 miles, and 62 miles. That first ride from Sturgeon Bay to Algoma was actually only a 27 mile ride which by itself is something I can easily ride around here and wouldn't be worth the money for the day of riding. So I opted for the extra 40 miles around the urlLink windfarms . Pretty cool ride, but there weren't any real hills to climb until the last 10 miles and by that time I was getting sick of riding into a heavy headwind while hitting hill after hill.
Normally I don't mind a nice climb every now and again, but fuck...there were like 10 hills in a row right at the end. Needless to say, my naptime after getting back and showering was much needed. Probably one of the best naps I've ever taken. Second day I rode along with my sister and her family. We rode a little slower because of my nephew riding on the back of a tandem and my niece in a burly.
But it was a nice easy ride after the long ride the day before. I did get a chance to sprint with my sister for a little while which was nice, too. Yesterday I rode by myself again so I could get some good speed going. I made the 62 miles in around 4 hours 15 minutes.
Average speed of 15mph. I also was averaging around 12mph on climbs which was much better than 8mph or so during GRABAAWR, so my legs are getting a little stronger. I rode along with a few different groups of people this day. The last 10 miles were really nice when I rode behind two guys on mountain/hybrid bikes going about 18mph. Being able to hold that kind of pace for 10 miles on a shitty hybrid wasn't all that bad in my mind.
And the nice cold beer at the end made the ride even better. I got some pictures from the ride that I took with my cameraphone up on urlLink mobscene . Now I'm going to shower, put on my pjs and play some gaddam Doom 3 for a few hours before crashing out and getting myself prepped for work again tomorrow. What's playing on iTunes at the moment: urlLink Zero 7 - urlLink When It Falls - Passing By 
