I participated in my eleventh consecutive Bike the Drive. I left my Fairmont Hotel room at 5:09 a.m., was out in front of the hotel at 5:14, and started riding at 5:16. I took Columbus to Randolph to Michigan Avenue sidewalk to the starting point at Jackson and Lake Shore Drive. I arrived early, so I photographed the rising Sun (an orange ball) at 5:22 and then returned to the queue. Riding onto Lake Shore Drive at 5:35, I headed south and rode to the southernmost point of the loop at the Museum of Science and Industry rest stop (at 6:08). I resumed riding at 6:21, passed Soldier Field at 6:49, the start line at 6:56, then rode to the northernmost point of the loop at Bryn Mawr rest stop at 7:38. I resumed riding at 8:00, rode south to the Grant Park rest stop at 8:42, the start line at 8:58, and then continued north once again, turning around at Belmont Avenue at 9:24. I finally completed my ride at Butler Field at 9:54. This was the warmest Bike the Drive I've yet ridden. It was 74 degrees with essentially no wind when I started, and the temperature rose under a clear sky to 88 by ride's end. [In 2012, the daytime high temperature would exceed that of today's high, but the temperatures during the 2018 ride were about 5 degrees warmer than in 2012]. I wore Castelli shorts, my white SS jersey, and LG gloves. I stopped a number of times to take photos and video clips with my iPhone 7 and also took numerous photos on my bike with Canon camera.