20 miles with three other ladies for our regular Thursday ride. Perfect day, too - cool (high 50s), cloudy, with a bit of a stiff headwind going out but we were protected on the MUPs just about the entire first 10 miles to a Starbucks for our rest stop. The people queued at the Starbucks drive-thru looked at us a bit curiously, as if they were somewhat embarrassed to be sitting in their cars while we sat at an outdoor table under a big umbrella, laughing and talking, all dressed in high-vis jackets (it was still too cold to take them off), our bikes arrayed in a relaxed, parked circle around us. Heading back we got a tad lost thanks to Google Earth claiming a certain road was a thru-road when, in fact, it was a dead end. Only a mile backtrack, however, and we were back on course. The anticipated tailwind home couldn't make up its mind to be a true tailwind, or a cross wind. Either way, it was a definite help from time to time.
A lovely ride, lovely day, with great riding companions. Couldn't spend a nicer morning any other way.