Best place to grab lunch in Fairfield Glade is Tony’s Place. It’s 12:30 and we’re already finished with our ride today and may just try that!
We rode 46 miles today. There was a longer option of 66 miles, but they cancelled that early this morning due to incoming rain and storms. As expected, the weather forecasters nailed it. We never saw a drop of rain all day. We did have cloud cover all day however and that made the ride a more pleasant without the sun beating down on us.
Matt and I decided to take a break here in the photo below on the edge of a lake. 100 yards farther down the road is one of the toughest climbs of the week. We took a break to let some bikers and cars get started up the climb so they woudln’t slow us down, if you can imagine that. We managed not to walk our bikes up any section of the incline. It was tough and there were conversations about walking, but we gritted it out and took a rest at the top.
There’s not much else to say today. The ride was one of the more difficult rides this week. We only have one more day and it’s a shorter ride of 37 miles. The plan is to take is easy on this ride and take a few more stops and photos. Numerous riders have commented that this has not been a particularly scenic ride. Between that, and just trying to focus on getting past each hill, there has not been a lot to write or talk about on the rides compared to previous years. So, for a change, I will turn it over to Matt for a little bit to talk about the ride, what we have been doing, or anything else. Oh, and Tony’s closed early, we had to find another place for lunch.
Hey all, Matt here. I’m here to give you a quick rundown on the ride along with what we’ve been doing afterwards. The ride has been tough. I thought North Carolina was tough the first two days but this has been a lot harder. It got easier after the first two days due to us knowing what to expect. The cabin we are staying at is nice, it’s got AC, and it has a pretty decent size TV. Which brings me to my next segment, movies we watched because we needed to stay up until 9 pm at least.
While browsing the tv channels, I stumbled upon a lesser known film, Avengers - Infinity War. We had it on and would break to prepare for the next day on the commercials. This led straight into Avengers - Endgame. Unfortunately it was getting late (around 9) and we had to call it a night. Luckily, my dad brought an unused Apple TV that I plugged in and set up. I own the film, so we picked up right were we left off the next day and finished the critically acclaimed movie that ended a 20 movie Saga. Our typical move snack was a beer and some salty snacks. A quick note; below is our beer selection that we stocked up on before we left and did a pretty good job cleaning it out. We had 4 of each kind, and the three on the left are empty and used just for this photo.
On the second to last day, having finished up the incredible, emotional ending that is Avengers Endgame, we decided on a more relaxed comedic film, Thor Ragnorak. One of my favorite films in the Marvel series, and by far the best Thor film. I Highly recommend it. Right now as I’m writing this, its 7pm and I’m thinking of the last film to end our stay at the cabin. I’m feeling like Captain America - The Winter Soldier as it is my all time favorite film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and it works so well as a stand alone film.
Thats all I have, so I hope you enjoyed reading. We have one more day of hills… but I don’t want to write about them or really think about them until I have to go up them. Thanks for reading.