Fort Lauderdale, FL to Jupiter, FL - 62.5 miles

Beautiful weather today.  Started out cloudy but ended sunny and on the warn side, NE wind.

My stats:  62.5 miles; maximum speed 21.5 mph; average speed 12 mph, riding (moving) time 5 hours and 10 minutes.  At the start, my bike computer's odometer was 1,904 miles.  I forgot how to reset it to zero!

My slowest speed was 4 mph up this one bridge over the intercostal waterway, any slower and I would have had to walk!

How the day went:

Breakfast outside by the van - eggs and ham, yogurt, fruit, juice

My bike ready to roll

After breakfast they put out bread, peanut butter, jelly, Lara Bars (or similar), M&Ms and nuts so we can pack a lunch.  I packed a plain peanut butter sandwich and a bag of nuts and M&Ms.

Then we went in front of the hotel for the group picture

Immediately after the group picture, the group was gone.  It was like they all disappeared.  Suzanne and I were among the last riders to leave and we rode out together.

Coming into Boca Raton

Beautiful riding along the coast

The SAG car was parked at mile 18.5.  I refilled my water bottles had some fruit and maybe 2 Oreo cookies.

About 10 riders were at the SAG when we arrived. They left before Suzanne and I but we met them again around mile 30.  They had stopped to eat peanut butter sandwiches.

Again the group left before us but I managed to catch the peloton at mile 35.   Good thing, the route had countless turns and a detour. Nice to follow other riders.

At mile 50 we were all stopped when the SAG pulled up - yeah.  I needed to refill water bottles.  

Best of all, a Starbucks was right around the corner, and in the direction we were headed.

My first cup of coffee today - a nice hot latte!

We arrived at the hotel at 2:30, I checked into room and my roommate for the night was already there.  I showered and did laundry.

Cocktail hour in the parking lot around the van at 5:30

Cheers- a cold one

Dinner:

Roasted vegetables, chicken, salad, broccoli, ice cream

Early night - 8:30