With the average temperature right around 66F and the sky covered with sun-shielding cloud, it was a near perfect day to ride our road bikes on Lake Okeechobee’s levee. Okay, so maybe some of those clouds did have some H2O in them, but the light rain didn't last but maybe 3 or 4 minutes.
I have to say, though, that the wind was brutal when we were heading towards the town of Clewiston from South Bay. When you’re riding on that tall of a levee, there isn't anything to shield you from the full force of the wind – and today’s wind was steady at 20+ mph with gusts to 30 mph. With the wind coming from the NNW, the only thing between us and the wind was 730 square miles of water.
Once in Clewiston, we had lunch at a lakeside restaurant. It was a very nice place with a large dockside patio! Sandy and I had two beers a piece, so we were well hydrated for the return trip back to South Bay.
And speaking of the return trip, it was much, much easier than the outbound ride. With the wind at about 220 degrees to our left side, we basically cruised into South Bay at a comfortable pace of 18 mph, which was a tad bit better than the 12 mph pace heading into the wind.
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