Sea-to-Sea NA Day 47 Last night at the pelaton meeting we heard that the wind would be in our back today. A loud cheer went up when we hear the news. Too bad it was only a 103km day. It was warm enough to ride quite comfortably in our riding jerseys even at 8 AM when we started to depart. We had a send-off meeting in honour of the new riders just prior to that and so most riders left at that time. I spent some extra time looking for a $20 bill; which I had put into my jersey pocket intending to transfer it to my bike bag later. When I went to do it, it had disappeared. I retraced my steps but to no avail. Fairly early into the ride there was a church stop for drinks and snacks but it was off of the route a way so I decided to bypass it. As I heard later they did have some real food so I missed that opportunity to eat. I was carrying enough food for what I thought was a 126km day. The roads were generally smooth and certainly not busy once we got out of the Grand Rapids area. The favourable wind and flat countryside made the riding fast and enjoyable. As I neared the 80km mark I decided to check the distance for the day on the route outline and saw it was only 103 km. I also checked my average speed and total trip time and could see that with a little effort I could probably do the ride in 3 hours. I was now running along at around 40kph give or take depending on the wind, stop signs and terrain. I checked the clock again at the 100km mark and saw that I had about 6 minutes to do the last stretch. We never know where Ed starts to count the distance, at camp or once we hit the road. Today there was quite a difference between the two. In any case at the 3-hour mark I was at the park gate, a distance of 104km, average speed 34.6kph. Latter in the day the wind picked up more and helped all the riders have an easy first day out of Grand Rapids. Tomorrow we have to go 1.5 as far. We’ll see how that goes.