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Looking behind me down Kelbaker Road, I've risen about 1500 feet over approximately 16 miles

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3319-kelbaker-road.jpg Riding around the bend toward the power lines at a blazing 6 miles per hour, I interrupt the supper of two vultures and a crowThumbnailsA bit further up Kelbaker Road, I stop again to refill my Camelbak, which has run dry again; any excuse for a break is goodRiding around the bend toward the power lines at a blazing 6 miles per hour, I interrupt the supper of two vultures and a crowThumbnailsA bit further up Kelbaker Road, I stop again to refill my Camelbak, which has run dry again; any excuse for a break is goodRiding around the bend toward the power lines at a blazing 6 miles per hour, I interrupt the supper of two vultures and a crowThumbnailsA bit further up Kelbaker Road, I stop again to refill my Camelbak, which has run dry again; any excuse for a break is goodRiding around the bend toward the power lines at a blazing 6 miles per hour, I interrupt the supper of two vultures and a crowThumbnailsA bit further up Kelbaker Road, I stop again to refill my Camelbak, which has run dry again; any excuse for a break is goodRiding around the bend toward the power lines at a blazing 6 miles per hour, I interrupt the supper of two vultures and a crowThumbnailsA bit further up Kelbaker Road, I stop again to refill my Camelbak, which has run dry again; any excuse for a break is good

I've done this long gradual climb many times over the years. It's relatively easy in cool weather, but on the first day of a trip, fully loaded down before I'm acclimated to 90-degree heat, it gets a bit slow and sweaty!