More hot and muggy

The Internet seemed to disappear last night, so I watched Olympic swimming.  We had a 70 mile ride yesterday, and a 77 miler today, with temperatures in the 90s by afternoon.  Just like DC, and I had hoped I would miss all this.  Yesterday some riders and support team members from the ride I was on three years ago appeared at our hotel, and it was fun to catch up with them.

We rode some nice trails yesterday morning, with good shade and pretty stream crossings.

We also crossed back and forth over the Grand River six times, I think.

Relaxing beside the trail.  We were congratulating ourselves, because we had heard about a construction detour in time to plan a very pleasant alternate route.  We didn't manage to avoid the stretches of muddy dirt road that came later.

Gene had a very loud blowout this morning, which required both a tube change and a trip to a bike store for a new tire.  His temporary repair including wrapping a couple of inches of tire with electrical tape.

Treats are plentiful at the moment.  Yesterday we found a cafe with unphotogenic but delicious fresh cinnamon rolls.  Today our lunch stop was right next to an ice cream stand.  I'm having a black cherry cone.