Day TWO: 44 mile Road Ride

Today we got up, got on our bikes and headed out on a ride while deep in conversation.

Our plan was a pretty simple out and back route. However, we didn't quite know how far it was. We did know that the first state park on the route was about 10 miles out. We wanted to go a little further than that, and 25 mile creek state park was a little further on the map, a good 30 mile bike ride sounded great.

At about 15 miles we came across Kelly's resort, which looked like a house. How could this be a resort? We only stopped for a second, and found out that the park was 6 more miles. Hey, thats not so far! We also noted that Kelly's had a little store. The ride out to the park was mostly downhill, but there was so much wind that it was the hardest downhill ride ever! It took so much energy just to go 17 miles an hour.

Because we were going so slow it felt like it took a very long time to get down to 25 Mile Creek state park. The power of the wind blowing across the lake was amazing. We stopped for a rest and a snack, with our backs to the dock wall and the wind blowing in our hair. It took a while to gather our courage to start back up the hill. I should probably explain that although it was mostly uphill there were a lot of small rolling down hill and flat sections too. The most amazing thing was again the wind; the ride UP the hill, seemed easier than coming down. I have to say, the ride up was certainly the most fun I've had on a climb in a long time!

We had a lunch of cheese, crackers and lunchmeat at the Kelly's resort store, and learned all about the resort, their cabins and had a delightful time talking with the staff. Thanks for lunch Kelly's!!