The night before at dinner, we found out there would be some route alterations due to a road being closed and not accessible due to heavy construction work. As a result, we left camp later than we normally would so that we wouldn't arrive at the closest one while people were going to work.
We also heard that the chance of rain was the lowest it had been since starting day 2. Some rolled out without rain gear but I had mine ready and wore the booties, the most challenging item to put on on the side of the road.
As our final day, our team, cycling4fun, gathered for a picture. We were moving slowly, following yesterday's long ride as well as the others.
When I left camp, I was nearly the last one again. We had a 70 mile day ahead and I was tired, so I planned on taking things slower and taking more pictures. The picture below is from a dairy just a few miles outside camp.
Our campground is quite close to the nearest town, so we were in it before we knew it. There was the first of the road construction as we approached town. They had a flagger out, so it wasn't too bad.
On the edge of town I looked for the alpacas we had seen last year, but they weren't out.
After the detour for closed road, we came back to a more rural area with a lot of vinyards. It's a great area to ride because there's so much variety: rolling hills, winding road, various kinds of farms, a small lake, and more.
At rest stop #1 I had a hot drink. The temperature was lower than it had been (52 degrees when pulling out our bicycles in the morning). I also found out that we weren't going to be able to go around Haag Lake. The road was closed part way around for construction.
I arrived at rest stop #2 which was shortly before the closure. I took a few pictures and headed back. A number of people went all the way to the closure, but I didn't feel the need.
We went back just the way we came. The road around the lake has nice wide shoulders, plenty of trees, ferns and other greenery.
Rest stop #1 was now #3 on the way back. A whole bunch of people came in just after me, so I just moved on to make space.
It was a fairly quiet ride back, saw the alpacas, and was looking forward to get back to camp. However, the traffic getting through the road work in town just before was a little hair raising.
The rest was quiet and the whole day was 100 percent dry!
As we entered the camp, we found it had been decorated to celebrate the completion of the tour and 400 miles. We had a delicious dinner, some awards, and one last night together around the camp fire before going our separate ways.
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