That's what Karla and I were thinking when we saw this sign... before I could even finish the thought "Ka-chunk"... I thought I ran something over... as I'm trying to figure out what I hit, "Boom" I hit something again... finally I figured out that I hadn't "hit" anything... Karla and I had managed to ride down two of those stairs the sign was warning me about. Whoops. Then we saw the second sign that said "Warning Stairs Ahead. Bikers Dismount." Information that may have been useful 20 feet ago.
Other than the stairs incident (which had us both laughing very hard) and a fallen tree in the path that we had to lift our bikes over and then jump over ourselves (Karla wanted to try to jump over the whole thing on her bike but we couldn't find a good piece of wood to use as a ramp), our first long ride was successful!
We logged in approximately 50 miles - give or take 5 miles due to my not-so-reliable speedometer - and had a good time. The last 9 miles were even completed at a slightly faster pace due to ominous clouds on the horizon. However, while this seems like a REALLY long distance, I'm still a bit panicked about the big ride. This distance doesn't even equal a single day of RAGBRAI and, for the most part, our ride was flat (it's a little hard to find hilly terrain in the Chicagoland area). And I'm pretty sure that by day four I will likely be looking for feather pillows or something equally soft to duct tape to my bike seat.
Cheers, Kristin
P.S. Yippee! This proves we CAN blog from the road! Not while we are riding, of course... Dad, we are also not talking on our phones while we ride, right? That said, Evan/Dad, any thoughts about trying to use walkie talkies on the road?
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