Today started out pretty well. The sun was shining and I was feeling good despite there being some grinding climbs that seemed to last forever. About ten miles into the ride that change when rain and small hail started pelting us. We put our raincoats on and continued riding. Oh yeah, everyone else had spandex leg warmers that they put on. I didn't think that it would make much of a difference so I just continued on. After ten more miles I was absolutely freezing; shivering uncontrollably. At our next stop I put on my rainpaints and was much more comfortable, although still shivering. We saw tons, literally, animals. Pretty much all of them were domestic though. There were many points where I had to use my experience growing up surrounded by dairy farms to herd cows out of the road in front of us. We passed by a horse farm and were greeted by dozens of horses that flocked tot the fense to watch us pass. The last animal of note was the sheep that we passed in the middle of the road, not far from the hut. It bleeted as we passed and stared us down as if it might butt us off of our bikes at any moment.
To be continued...
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