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I have traveled to Washington D.C., Philadelphia and Manhattan since my last ride. Today I rode in the hilly Pennsylvania Dutch country around Lancaster and Strasburg, PA. This is the most hills I have ridden in quite some time as you can see in the elevation data below. Amish farms abound and I passed at least a dozen Amish buggies and saw several farmers working in their fields.

The weather was challenging with the temperature when I left the Fulton Steamboat Inn was 56 degrees which is normally below my cutoff but since this is special I rode anyway. Thankfully I brought a long sleeve jersey with me and leg warmers. I forgot to take my sunglasses which was a mistake; not because the sun was out but because the cold air was causing my eyes to water. It was particularly bad on one downhill section when I was going so fast I could not see too clearly due to eye watering and I had to apply the brakes. It was partly cloudy and later in the day it rained. Wind was only 2 mph from the ESE.

Today’s ride statistics:

• miles 20.35
• riding time 1:25:50
• average pace 4:14 min/mile
• average speed 14.2 mph (with all of the hills I am surprised it was this high)
• max speed 33.4 mph
• average cadence 67 rpm
• max cadence 102 rpm
• elevation gain 1071 ft., elevation loss 1072 ft.
• min. elevation 295 ft., max elevation 837 ft.
• September miles 164.82
• YTD miles 3909.37

Below are some pictures of the area I rode south of Lancaster and Strasburg. I forgot to take my camera during the ride so these pictures are of the same area but from later in the day when we were searching for covered bridges and following the directions.

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