After Thursday's effort many of us were debating just taking the day off on Friday to get some recovery in our legs. However, the weather had other plans as the brilliantly warm and sunny day lured us back out to the roads to get in one more ride before we headed back to the frigid lands of the north.
Friday:
After sleeping in and debating whether or not we wanted to ride the weather ultimately won us over. With temps in the 60's we just could not pass down the opportunity to get out in just shorts and a short sleeve jersey. Sun's Out, Guns Out was the mantra of Friday's ride. After all, gotta get a jump start on those razor sharp tan lines that we'll be sporting during the summer. Gotta obey rule number 7 you know. We wanted to take it easy, but ended up keeping a pretty nice pace throughout the ride. The legs were definitely sore and quite tired, but the gorgeous weather made it easy to momentarily forget about that and just enjoy the ride.
Friday's ride would prove to be the last of the trip as we had to get out of town early on Saturday morning in order to make it back to the homeland Ann Arbor at a reasonable hour. Despite necessary pit stops at Chic-Fil-A (first visit in 5 years, absolutely delicious), McDonald's (shamrock shakes!), and Taco Bell (Doritos tacos) we were able to get back to Michigan before it got too late.
Overall I had an absolutely great time on the trip. Sure moments of it seemed like they were terrible (I'm looking at you Hogpen ascent), but those moments of difficulty were met with rewards of accomplishment at the top. In hindsight I would have liked to climb Brasstown (highest point in Georgia) and do the 6 gap, but It just didn't happen this year. I guess I'll just have to come back next year better prepared and have another go at the mountains.
So glad this helped you grow. You have next year!
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