COWS Post MTR Ride Day #2

Ride Day #2: 59.62 miles
Comments: Ride Time was 4 hours 40 minutes, average speed: 12.7

We’re up early this morning to make breakfast for the 14 teams prior to riding today. Dennis made Belgian waffles for the crew and we then readied ourselves for a 9:00 a.m. mass start towards Harmony. A rest in Preston allows us to visit with the members of the other Post Ride taking place in Lanesboro. I have never seen so many tandems riding the Root at the same time. Following our short rest, we begin our climb towards Harmony where lunch awaits us at the Village Square. They did well serving all 24 of us wanting to be fed at the same time. The food was great and the pie even better. We’re fed and now feel we can take on the highest mountain and a few of us decide to continue to climb up to Fountain. Once at the top, we collapse on the park property before finding an ice cream treat in town. The glide back down was reward for our hard work. Supper was planned at the Old Barn Resort at 5:00 p.m. but we approached the Resort about 3:30 p.m.—a little too early for supper but a few drinks would do just fine. Our dinner guests began arriving to join us around 5:00. The Resort served 26 of us and did an excellent job. We left the Barn around 7:00 p.m. to bike the few miles back to Lanesboro, reaching town before dark. We gathered in the Green Gables court yard again for a social hour to chat and share pictures. We said our good-byes to those not riding the next day and turned the lights out around 10:00 p.m.