September 11
This was a long day, 90 miles and 5000 feet of climbing. But being so close to home, I could not bring myself to make it two days' riding. Much of this day was on roads that I've seen on day rides from home. It was interesting to see how ACA routed me home from familiar points; that allows me to calibrate how close ACA comes to finding the best places to ride. They didn't take the exact routes that local clubs would take, probably for the sake of simplicity -- the club rides take a lot of turns. EIght and a half hours into the ride, I knew I was on home turf as I found myself taking a little excursion offroute to a convenience store that was not on the map but was in my memory of places that feed me. I rolled into my driveway almost 12 hours into the ride. I weighed my panniers for the record, and turned the house's water shutoff valve on and lit the water heater. I weighed myself and found I was emaciated. Next day I would begin a refeeding program.