We rode 22 miles today. We considered riding 30 to celebrate our anniversary (August 1st, 1981), but it's hot today (forecast to be over 90) and we didn't have the energy to ride that far in this heat.
So we rode a new route -- an out and back course to East Petersburg with a few miles on the Rail trail along the way. We rolled out onto the Manheim-Mt Joy road, then onto Strickler. There was far less traffic at mid-day than there was Friday at 5:30 PM and I was happy to work form home today (the rest of the week is on client sites).
We kept up a nice pace, rolled over 283, then onto Auction road. We had a nice tailwind and enjoyed the beautiful farm scenery. We pulled onto the rail trail at Lancaster Junction and dodged mid-day joggers. This trail is not as smooth as the Conewago trail, but the Schwalbe marathon 700x28 seemed suited for this sort of surface. The shade was welcome but too brief -- 2 miles later we were back out on Landisville road, then Long Road which parallels busy 283 at a respectful distance.
We rolled into East Pete (as it's known around here) and enjoyed some shade before turning around back into the wind.
The ride back wasn't as fast -- winds were 12-15 MPH from the west, so we had to fight a bit. We took Auction road to Lancaster Junction, then followed it back down to the Rte 283 bridge. The road is odd as it heads east, then north, loops over Lancaster Junction, then heads south again...
We finished up with 22.80 miles on the cyclecomputer, just 8 shy of 30. Another day!
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