Lost a good mile off the totals after the Garmin declined to work right away. FINE. Loop was designed to go to the site of Chubby's Barbeque for a moment of silence. Yes, the purveyor of various pig-related deliciousness closed his doors, sold the real estate, which was promptly leveled by the new owners a few months ago. Shocking! Regardless, we had not been up here in quiiiiiite awhile and are also not in shape to do more than 30 miles in one go and that happened to be a good target for the upper end of the loop (instead of Emmitsburg proper, for example). Lovely May day, with temps in the low 80s and a brisk, nay, strong wind from the SW keeping things from feeling too warm. Normal temps this time of year about 10 degrees less. The wind was ... a challenge ... after mile 17 or so. The long descent that starts at 19 was ... a lot of work. There was no coasting; pedaling the whole way to keep moving. A little better after the turn about 21.8, with the final uphill-into-the-wind section from 29.7 to 30.5 the capper. Still, legs felt pretty good; cardio not a factor (there wasn't THAT much climbing); and contact points held up. w/Dan