Well this turned out to be my favorite ride to date. At about mile 23 there was a really cool lake about 1/2 mile off the road. The map said it was, "a wonderful place for a lunch and a swim." I did just that and had lunch and a swim. The swim was a little chilly, but quite invigorating. While I ate lunch there were a couple of loons making that cool sound that I hear on the Minnesota lottery commercials. There was a deer taking a drink from the lake, and overall just a great little break. After that it was a pretty big climb up to about 6600 feet, but the views were well worth the effort. On the way down there was this super gnarly singletrack trail for about 5 miles. The mountain side was right next to me and my panniers were scraping the trail brush as I went through. When I got back on the main road I could feel my arms and legs again. I guess i was quite tense going through that trail, but it was awesome. Finally I had an entire day that seemed to go good. No stupid swollen eye, no riding through the Black forest with bears coming to eat me, good food, (thanks to my grocery store stop before I left), some spectacular scenery and cool singletrack. Now some hot tea with a lot of honey to cap off the day. I think I might have discovered something I lost from my childhood. I used to drown my Cheerios with honey in the morning before school, and now I am going to drown my tea with a bunch of honey.
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