Day One - Carole's version of events

I hit the wall around mile 18 but made it 3 more miles to lunch in Hawi.
I could deal with the hills, but psychologically the wind defeated me. At least you know when you are biking uphill - that eventually it will end., but the wind was relentless. Add the wind to a continuously gentle incline and I was toast! After lunch I rode in the van (with others!) but Kathy biked on. She made the unfortunate mistake of following the directions (!) and ended up biking downhill to the ocean. Kevin (our tour guide) realized he had forgotten to mention that critical change in the “cue” sheet and went to get her…which meant she then needed to bike all the way back up hill. S0 Kathy actually biked further than anyone else on tour day one!!! (fyi…some of our fellow bikers were in bed by 7:30pm!!! So all in all - we acquitted ourselves quite well.)