Sunday ride report

There's just one word for this sunday's ride - BRUTAL. Joe, Terry, James and Doug departed Joe's at 1:00. The pull down Grant Road was a precurser to what we were to face the whole ride. A monster head wind out of the southwest. Every time we went south or west, or anything close to that, we had to fight to maintain 10 mph. We made it to South Charleston and stopped for an ice cream cone and a water bottle fillup. We then proceeded to the bike path and eastward to London. The tail wind on that pull obscured the fact that the distance was getting long, we were getting tired and hungry, and the return trip was likely to be a fight. As per trip plan, we went clear to the end of the bike path. It was at Wilson Rd, about 7 or 8 miles past London, and no evidence of the path going past that point anytime soon. We then went via back roads to Lafayette, where Doug peeled off and headed back. James, Joe and I proceeded to the Waffle House at 42 and 70. This was mile 50. It's amazing how good a waffle tastes after riding 50 miles. Not knowing the best way to get back, and Joe's map not covering far enough north, and listening to some dubious advice from the Waffle House waitress, we went up 42 and picked up 29. We eventually made it back after nearly 7 hours of riding. I had 79 miles. After the century yesterday, 50 would have been plenty. I don't know about Joe, James, and Doug, but I am completely whipped.