Day three was listed in my TrainingPeaks as the ‘Climbing Day.’ Wake up call was early as it was a long day and we had to drive to the start point. We drove down to Fayetteville for a hilly route where we could check out some of the courses we’ll be riding on this spring. We parked in South Fayetteville and rode out.
Rollout was a little damp but it was the type of wetness that more or less stuck to the road-we didn’t need ass savers. We had no idea it had rained during the night, and the further south we got the wetter it got
We rode parts of the collegiate race course (Mar 4-5) and then rode on some of the JMSR RR course, meandering over to Devils Den. I climbed the TT Course twice, and Chase added on one race pace effort. I took pictures.
Tried to make this not look like a selfie.
Very bottom of the climb.
I thought this shack looked like the ones we have at Camp Randall in Madison. They kept the Civil War POWs in the ones in Madison. This one they probably keep chicken feed or something.
Lot of these signs around. People kinda do whatever they want on their property, at least in the rural areas.
Downtown Winslow. Three establishments in a very old building: the city hall (open Mo-Wed 9-3), the city museum (don’t recommend it), and the Winslow Mercantile (now defunct). The lady in the city hall let us fill up our bottles, and told us that we were lucky with the weather. “We know,” we said. She said there was an ice storm over New Years.
One of the more friendly looking dogs, even though it chased us. Chase starts sprinting if he sees a dog, I slow down and get scared.
The Winslow Train Station.
We’ve been cursed with a flat every day this trip. This one was after some road work, with only a few miles to go.
Our second choice of restaurants, after Waffle House. Chick-Fil-A has the highest sales per restaurant of any fast food chain.
Best part of the day was the weather. Hit 70 and the sun was out for a little bit. We haven’t seen the blue sky in Minnesota for a while, and I was so happy we got a chance.
Jack Niewold 