Today's objective: Conquer (or at least make it over) the hill at the west end of Latham. I had to stop 3 times, but learned a couple new techniques (for this 66 year old rider who started riding a lot only 3 short years ago), and one of those is to stand up - get off the saddle! But that's unnatural, at least for now, and will take getting used to if I plan to start tackling steeper slopes. I had the wind in my face on the uphill side too - that didn't help! But the fun thing was the ride down the other side - it was stiff wind in the face, so little brakes had to be applied to keep the speed in check.
I'd never been on Gopher Valley Rd on the bike before, so now can't say that I've never been there on the bike.
The wind certainly helped my on the ride home, however! Fun day!