Uh-oh. Hell, you might be right. Dammit. I've imagined that I might be able to ride RAMROD again. First week in September, the new, not so good date. But it's further away than July and won't be hot. And the new, reverse direction route has the serious climbing done way sooner. I'd have a good chance at being bib #1, which is the attraction. A downside is that we'd have to do our 10-day backpack in August, hotter and insects. OTOH, it'd be great training for RR.