6am. Woke up to Ted Haggard on TV. Then this guy came on. He was talking about the pain that Jesus endured for us all. Was this a foreshadowing of the pain I was going to endure on my ride??
Sun up here is 7am. I was on the bike at 7:15. A short 15 miles down the road is the picturesque town of Mendocino. This is a picture looking north from Mendocino highlands.
As you can see, overcast. But I was glad. The rain that was forcasted seemed to be holding off...for now.
About 50 miles in to the ride it started to rain. And then there was wind. Though the rain would be on and off, the wind would remain for the rest of the ride. And unfortunately, it was a headwind. That combined with endless rollers (no flat sections at all) made for a hard 110 miles. By the end I had climbed over 7200 ft. as well.
The landscape is beautiful. Rugged and dramatic. At times completely barren and then densely wooded. The road is never straight, often turning inland and downhill to a cove/beach and then immediately turning back out to sea and up again. Some wildlife and few people. This is certainly a remote area. Sweet scents of the trees, sea and brush.
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