Ordway to Sheridan Lake. 145.63km. 360m ascent. 7h25 ride time
We had planned an early start for 3 reasons: 1, It was a long stretch. 2, to beat the heat. 3, to try to avoid the wind which is less strong mornings. Unfortunately we had enjoyed ourselves a bit too much the night before and weren’t on our best form.
The wind got up early so even though we were on our bikes at 07h00 we went straight into a headwind.
The road was long, flat and uninteresting so it became more a teat of endurance than anything else
Where we stopped to buy more water and a clod drink the store was long since closed so we had to ration a bit to get ourselves to Eads where we knew there was a store and cold beverages available.
A longer than usual lunch in the park before setting out on the last 45km to get to the church in Sheridan Lake.
The church is huge and extremely well maintained for a population of around 100 inhabitants. We couldn’t call the Pastor because we had not cell coverage so we just went straight in, read the guidelines for cyclists and installed ourselves. We were really happy to have arrived and could get out of the sun into a climate controlled environment. There is no shower but we could wash ourselves in the restroom so that was a blessing
