Well, I'm not so sure this ride was worth the Herculean effort to get out to Hampton Bays and then battle relentlessly awful traffic back to Bayside for almost the entire ride home. As it was, the ride turned out to be a total blowout for me. I pulled all the way westward to Cupsogue against a relentless WSW wind of 10-15, with sun beating down mercilessly and humid temps in the mid-eighties. Once at the western terminus of the ride, the sudden relief at turnaround, with that same wind now pushing us back to Ponquogue, filled me with such irrational exuberance that I totally redlined after 8 additional miles and had to limp the rest of the way back to the $40 beach parking lot. In typical fashion, I forgot to pack towels, so I was a dripping, sweaty mess trying to get the bikes back on the carrier. Once at Bonnie's place in Hampton Bays, I was able to recoup a bit after a wonderfully refreshing shower. A nice lobster roll at a local, canal-side eatery added to the much-needed recovery. Unfortunately, the ride home was hellacious, and when backing up the Subaru onto the driveway, I brushed Gina's back tire against the house wall, doing god-knows-what damage to the frame. Hopefully, no carbon compromise will develop, and this final unfortunate chapter of today's adventure will all just be a bad memory.