Saturday, March 5, 2011

Day 2 Alpine to Jacumba, CA

I feel great! Actually, I am amazed that I feel great after a day full of uphills. We climbed 4000 feet, including two 12% grade inclines. My average speed for the first 17miles was 5.6 mph. The last 14 miles went fast with a couple long downhills. Thankfully, the weather was good, the roads were mostly good and there was not much traffic. The photo is looking down a hill that we had just climbed, although it does not really capture the intensity.
Jacumba is right on the border. We passed the fence that separates the US from Mexico and saw lots of the white SUVs with green lettering of the Border Patrol.
It is surprisingly warm. Quite a shock for those of us who came directly from winter. We did see some snow on the shady side of the road. Most of us are already turning red or brown, mostly on our "southern" side. We're all using lots of suntan lotion.

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