Great day to do the Swift Summit Strawberry 50-mile route. Sunny, afternoon temps in the mid 60s, a little north wind and fairly low humidity. Started from Cheadle Lake Park. My usual entrance was closed. Evidently there is a construction project on Weirich Drive and the park. The first 7 miles was a nice warm-up for the double-hill whammy. A short, steep climb on Hidden Valley Rd, then a longer climb on Golden Valley Dr. There was a long descent on Golden Valley Dr. to the turn for Mt. Hope Dr (mile 11.3). The next several miles was mainly flats, with a couple short rollers. At mile 15.7 was the Baptist Church Rd turn and a 4.5 mile segment with several long rollers to the rest stop at Lacomb Church (mile 20). More downhill on Meridian Rd to Fish Hatchery Rd and the Lacomb Covered Bridge. Backtracked a little to the East Lacomb Rd turn. This road follows Crabtree Creek, as does Island Inn Dr. The next big hill was on Green Mountain Rd. The lower portion was steep, but the middle and upper parts were not as taxing. Continued back to Lacomb and then turned onto Mt. Pleasant Rd. Another short hill to the Edward Rd turn then mainly downhill to the Bellinger Scale Rd intersection (mile 34.5). Had prepared a bail-out option at mile 38.9 just in case. Decided not to do the bail-out and continued on the normal route, stopping at a rural fire station. This was the normal Strawberry Ride rest stop. One more short hill on Berlin Rd, then a downhill to the McDowell Creek Rd turn (mile 43.6). Endured mainly crosswind on the 4.5 mile McDowell Creek Rd segment . The final 7 miles was headwind, going back to Waterloo then on River Rd to Weirich Rd.