Ah, that's better

I was definitely dreading this morning's ride, but ended up feeling great and having one of my better road rides. Maybe I just needed sleep. Or maybe I've been riding the Felt too much and the Fisher not enough.
We met up at SCCC and headed West on 5. Right turn on some road I didn't get the name of and 800' of climbing. Not bad. Two very steep spots, and all of it was definitely uphill with pretty much no break, but I felt good. I did the whole climb in about 15 minutes. I would guess it was 3-4 miles. Then it was decision time, head back or go back down and climb another 800' to the same ridge on a different road. I went for it and it paid off.
We dropped back down to Route 5 and headed back up Washout road. Joe and I had done this climb before, and I had a rough time with it. It was much less steep than the previous climb, and I ended up pleased with my effort. We passed the spot where I had dehydrated the last time we climbed it, and it was pretty much gravy all the way home.
We caught another rider, Scott, who is trying to get back into riding. Nice guy, hopefully we'll see him again.
39.76 miles
2:16:45
1980' climbing