got on the bikes at 7:45am. It was already 80F. This ride started out on a paved road into town. Then as we turned up Mahogany Road, pavement became really rough. Then we made a wrong turn onto an even rougher "paved" road. We backtracked, then turned up the correct road, which was rather rough in places also. Finally near the top we turned the wrong way down a dirt double-track road. We backtracked, turned on the correct dirt double-track road, and weaved our way uphill. We started at sea level and topped out at 800ft [244m] above sea level after a 4-mile gradual incline. After reaching the top on Scenic Road, we went downhill on a dirt double-track road and more downhill on some of the oldest tarmac I had ever seen. It had moss growing on parts of it and the forest was definitely taking it over. We came down to Ham's Bluff Road and a small farm. Shortly after that, we came to the ocean. We pedaled along the coast on decent to good pavement the rest of the way. We were under a tree canopy from mile 1.7 to mile 10. It was beautiful and cool underneath it and a good escape from the sun and heat. The rental bikes were Giant Escape 2 Disc. Tires were 700 x 38. All roads become trails in Saint Croix!