D'Emonda. Sunny, much cooler, high humidity at the start, decreasing over the ride, very mild and almost windless - gorgeous riding conditions. Rode with Joe Mozden and we got an early start, with roll time before 6:30 am, finished just after Noon. Shared pulls but I did 3/4 of the time at the front - this was Joe's longest ride ever and he needed to save his legs, while I'm still training for Race the Lake so I didn't mind doing the lion's share of the work. First time down to Norway, great roads below Sheridan and again going East and North back to Newark, so a rare ride for me with some new, never ridden roads. Roads all over were great except for a few gravel construction areas and new chip seal. Of note: Miner North part has two rough gravel sections. Miner South part is fresh chips and it's very thick - based on traffic it will be a while before this settles in. We made it down to Norway with an 18.0 avg, stopped for breakfast at the nice little diner. Other water stops at the Marathon by Lake Holiday and Casey's in Plano. Longest ride of the year for me and in a long time, strong power numbers for such a long one: TSS: 223, IF: 68, Avg: 190W, Max: 988W, Norm: 192W, Lots of hills with +2,300 ft climbing.