Wally and me on western routing from KHMS to Hinckley area. Wally and me on western routing from HMS to Hinckley area. Warm, humid evening with the advertised winds from the west turned out to be from SSW for the most part. Quickly discovered it is now Chip Seal Season in DeKalb County. Came across the first batch at Duffy Road, which was manageable but a few spots of oil seeping through. Second stretch came up on McGirr just east of Hinckley with the chunkier variety. Decided to detour south onto Philips and Pritchard which were a nice change of pace. Thought about taking Scott all the way back to Swan but was concerned of gravel stretches in-between. Eventually found ourselves back at Sandwich Road for the return routing to start (Garmin “Back to Start” feature worked well). Ended up with 7 miles more than planned, but a good ride nonetheless. Wally, Kevin, Jack and I met Tracy at Open Range afterwards.