Today was the long ride day, 3 hours 45 minutes. Slowly building up to Ironman distance. A long way to go but making progress. A bit of a cold wet day today. Got rained and hailed on a couple times and some good winds but, all in all, a good day. Headed up China Hat after 2 hours out to alfalfa, Dodds and around back. Climbing China Hat was cool though more traffic than on the weekdays. And more gun fire.

About 4 miles in I heard gun shots all around. Cars parked on the side of road and people shooting there firearms off in the woods. Crazy. Felt like a had to duck. Getting out into the country, lots of trucks and lots guns. Not sure if I’d ride up there again on the weekends, a little nerve racking. Who knows what direction they’re shooting in.

Spent the rest of the night building shelves for my mom. Grandma’s coming to town tomorrow. It’ll be good to see her and see how she likes Bend. Lots to do here for Senior citizens, I’m sure she’ll jump into some activities.