The 1st climb to the top of Lemmon (6,500') is always hard and today was no exception. But it was good to ride up our old friend, Mt. Lemmon. We didn't set any speed records (1:50:33) to Windy Point but we got ourselves a good workout. If you look at the 5 pictures You'll see happy cyclists before Windy Point and snow after Palisades. Summerhaven was mostly closed up but the general store was open so we got resupplied and took a break in the sun out of the wind.
The ride down was windy and spirited. We hit 42.7 mph on the way down, we drafted behind a Honda Element most of the way and Larry even managed to throw in a leg cramp just so he could have a break. Now I feel badly that he pulled most of the way down. What can I say? He was born to go fast down hill. The wind knocked us around a bit on the decent but we managed to stay on the road. All in all, a fine day.