Steep Hills Bad, Pitches Good

The day began with some clouds but with the hope of ending in sun and warm temperatures. The day also began, again, with climbing and more climbing and more climbing and then we had our first SAG stop. It was at this Fire Station in Harwinton, CT. I had my picture taken in front of this truck because of the saying across the top of the front windshield..."Go Big or Go Home". That pretty much says it all for the ride today.

Did I mention that we did some climbing in our ride today? Our route was full of steep hills some with pitches which gave you a chance to recover before starting to climb again while others were just climbing for 2.7 miles, 3.6 miles, 2 miles. Plus there were lots of rolling hills in between.

As we all know what goes up must also come down which says it all for my second picture, thanks to Jan. Trust me this was not the highest downhill grade we cycled today either!
Despite the climbing, I still had time, since I was going a super sonic speed of 6 to 6.5 mph, to look for and count smooched snakes. It was a record day too, I counted at least 15! This has to be the highest count for a single day.

It was a long, hard day on the road, but still saw some beautiful scenery and rode through some very quaint towns like, Collinsville, New Preston, Litchfield and New Milford.

So it's 4 days of cycling down and another one on the way for tomorrow. Hopefully it won't be full of steep hills,but if it is, I hope we also have some pitches!