Sonoita Bisbee Bike Ride

Karl, Michelle, myself, and about 105 others did the Sonoita Bisbee bike ride this past weekend. We went down Friday night and spent the evening at the Fairgrounds in the pop-up. We had a wonderful meal, although everyone's steak could have used a few more minutes over the mesquite fire. Up and at em on Saturday for our first 70 mile day. The winds started to blow as soon as the sun came up and just kept getting stronger and stronger as the day droned on. We had a very strong headwind or crosswind the entire way and it was a tough and hilly ride. Karl and I got into Bisbee about 1:40 pm and waited about an hour downtown before heading up the hill to our hotel. Michelle rolled in about 5 pm and had to hustle through a shower and such so we could make our 6:30 pm dinner reservation. Dinner was at the haunter Copper Queen Hotel and was pretty good. We had a typical pasta buffet with chocolate mousse or cheesecake for dessert. I won a Cateye headlight and taillight which was cool. Sunday we started off and had a nice tailwind for a good part of the ride. The winds really started to blow as the day went on and shifted to a pretty strong crosswind which was a bit scary to ride in. I beat my time by 1 hour 40 minutes and was back at the fairgrounds by noon. Waited for my carpool buddies and we were on our way home. Overall, it was a nice ride and good time.