Rally Day #3: 5.28 miles
Comments: Ride Time was 32 minutes, average speed: 9.8
The PIGS gathered at 8:00 a.m. to bike a final 20-mile breakfast ride but Dennis and I decided to take a closer look at the High Trestle Trail Bridge. We drove back to Madrid to pick up the paved portion of the trail and biked out until construction blocked us from biking any further. We parked the bike and walked the distance across the trestle bridge. The scenery was beautiful but the temperatures were already nearing 90° making it a very hot walk. We biked back to the car and set the GPS for home. The PIGS rally was another success with 41 teams in attendance. We thank Ernie and Pat Fischer for a job well done!
Comments: Ride Time was 32 minutes, average speed: 9.8
The PIGS gathered at 8:00 a.m. to bike a final 20-mile breakfast ride but Dennis and I decided to take a closer look at the High Trestle Trail Bridge. We drove back to Madrid to pick up the paved portion of the trail and biked out until construction blocked us from biking any further. We parked the bike and walked the distance across the trestle bridge. The scenery was beautiful but the temperatures were already nearing 90° making it a very hot walk. We biked back to the car and set the GPS for home. The PIGS rally was another success with 41 teams in attendance. We thank Ernie and Pat Fischer for a job well done!
Our trip was not quite over. We made a lunch stop in Clear Lake, IA—famous for the plane crash that took the lives of entertainers Ritchie Valens, Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper in February of 1959. The temperature was now in the mid 90’s but we decided a walk through the cornfield would be worth it to see the site of the crash and the memorial. It was all very thought provoking and well worth the effort.
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