Today’s winds are sufficiently minor.  I woke up feeling pretty good.  I re-planned my route to minimize climbing, at least as much as I could.

Even with rerouting, I encountered many, many hills dispersed throughout the route.  Knowing that this would be my last day of relatively long miles during phase two, I attacked each one of the hills.

One of the sites I passed by was the National Museum of the Marine Corps:

It was good to be back into familiar territory.

Towards the end of the ride, I decided to shorten my route by finishing on highway US-1 North.

Today’s tally: 56 miles.