First, great weather, great ride, great planning, great write-up. Thanks, Psimet. Second, thanks big-time to Shider and Aham for some heavy duty pulling . And to everybody else who did pulls too, but it seemed every time I looked up it was one of those two. I'm pretty shocked I was even able to hang in there most of the time. Although you guys did just about kill me at that pace . I have this reallly bad habit of not accepting my limits. I probably should have been riding with the second group most of the time, but its like following a friend down a double diamond ski run when you know you're more of a high intermediate. That's the first long ride I've done on a road bike. No wonder I almost died when I tried it on a mountain bike and then a hybrid (why I ever spent money on a hybrid I'll never know ). And I just got that thing last fall, and didn't put a computer on it until last night (it took me two months and this ride being eight hours away to get me to find time). I didn't even know I COULD go that fast without riding off a cliff. ANyway...thanks to everybody. I had a great time. Survived, barely.