We were a little worried about the weather so we drove to the bottom of lefthand canyon and rode from there. We made it to the "Turn of Events" at 3000ft of climb and Ken had some heartburn.
He started to turn around and then it went away, but I was already sold on the idea so we continued down. Lucky thing. The rain started, and it was already 35 degrees out. We were in for a long, slow, cold ride. I had tights on and pulled rain jacket on. It was too cold for hands. Ken lent me his waterproof gloves and did the best he could with his full-finger gloves. We stopped a few times to recover from the cold. At one point (the turn between jamestown and ward), we saw some other folks who had stopped because of the cold. Without thinking, I answered a question about how far we had to go: "to my car at the bottom". Once we got to the bottom and in the car, we drove back up looking for them, but didn't find them.
Back at Ken's, his wife had prepared an awesome training table lunch: sweet potatoes, cole slaw with radish, and steak with horsey sauce. Yum! I'm not as bonked as I ususally am after a ride like that. Thanks Pam!
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