Date:
14.07.2018
Altitude:
2191.6 ft (668 m)
Distance:
50.93 mi (81.97 km)
Total
Altitude: 149927.8 ft (45698 m)
Total
Distance: 5032.87 mi (8099.61 km)
Another
warm and sunny day. The last couple days the weather has been great,
I hope it will stay like this for a while. It is almost too warm to
be on the bike. So it is perfect weather for spending the day
tomorrow on the lake. Anyway I only have one day on the bike left and
I think I can manage that, even if it is going to be a really warm
day.
From
Olympia to the cottage, where I will stay until Monday, I only had to
cover about 40 miles (65 km). When I arrived at the cottage it was
still too early to check in and I still had to get grocery's. The
closest place to get grocery's was about 5 miles from the cottage,so
this added about 10 miles to today's route. 50 miles still doesn't
sound too difficult, but I had again to deal with quite a bit of up
and down on my route and today there were a few really steep climbs
(up to 15% gradient) to master. These steep climbs made the route
harder than I originally anticipated. Still with the sun and the
fantastic scenery on my route, I enjoyed the ride very much. After I
left Olympia most of today's route went again through forest areas
and stayed either on smaller roads or roads with a nice wide
shoulder.
The
cottage I'm staying at is great. It is right at the lake front, so I
have a direct access to the lake. Today I already took the
opportunity and went for a nice swim right after I arrived at the
cottage. It is so nice to take a swim after a day on the bike. The
water wasn't cold at all, I could have stayed in the lake forever.
Now I'm just chilling on the Patio looking over the lake and writing
this blog entry.
Conclusion
for the day:
I
could get used to relaxing at the lake, after a day on a bike.
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