Day 12 Huntington to Ontario

Another short but sweet day. This will be the second shortest day of the tour. Fred M was on sweep duty today, so I biked with Joel Pel from Vancouver BC. Joel is leaving this weekend, as he his working on his thesis to get his PhD.

Again we had a good tail wind. The uphills and downhills evened out over the course of the ride. It's another hot afternoon, close to 100. But it hasn't been too bad cycling as this week we've been in before the afternoon heat hits. There is a lot of different crops growing along the route today. We saw wheat, onions, peppermint. Irrigation is mostly drip and we can see the water "troughs" along the road where the drip lines take the water out of. Walter says it makes him feel like "home". Not sure if he means Chilliwack, Lacombe, or Mexico. I think Lacombe, ha.

So we were in by 10:45, having left at 8:25. My walk to the library shows that Ontario OR is night and day different than Huntington OR. The lawns and houses I saw were neat, watered, and clean. Again, Fred will have a couple of pictures and you will see the difference yourself.

Bottom line: 59 k (35 mi), 2:20 min on the saddle, avg speed 29.4 kph (close to 18 mph). All is well, my neck doesn't bother me too much, maybe b/c the rides have been short, or I'm just getting used to it.