Day Eleven – Downhill at Dusk
Daily Brief
Morning was a slow start due to some bicycle tune ups. After we got going we made decent time, entered into Washington, and didn’t stop for lunch or dinner (did anyone else notice that?). Finally, we had an amazing downhill run at dusk and found ourselves in Prosser.
The Ride
In the morning we got our bikes fixed at a Pendleton, After that we took the 84 to the 395. On the 395 we crossed into Washington. This time Parry’s bike made it in first. To get into Washington we crossed the Columbia river. The biggest bridge we’ve crossed so far, it also had the best view. As we soaked up the scenary we continued on until eventually ending up on the 21 north. Our final destination was Prosser, not what we had origainally intended, but a minor adjustment due to day nine. (Yakima was our original intended location)
Prosser was at the bottom of an awesome downhill run. We took a moment to enjoy the view from the top. The sun was melting into the horizon casting its last rays across the valley beneath. After appreciating the sunset for a minute or two we took off one by one, rocketing towards it. Kregg says to ‘mark him at 50 [MPH]…I think I heard a sonic boom behind me…’.Actually, we were going at about 33 MPH. No one was trying to pedal (except Kregg) because we were all enjoying not having to. Riding into town on our carbon fiber stallions, the next job was finding a place to lay our tired heads.
We headed toward the first steeple we saw, which was a Baptist church. The youth minister told of us a few places we could try and offered the lawn if we needed it. Riding further into Prosser we came to a park, which was closed. By this time Chandler had counted 7 police cars that were parked or passing by us. We went a little further and Kregg decided to get a room in a Hotel. Bonnie got one as well. The rest of us crashed on the floor. (No sleeping in the car tonight!)
Daily Stats
Distance: 79.32
Time: 6:16
Avg. Speed: 12.6
Max Speed: 33.4
Total Distance: 766.87
P & C Pushups: 210
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