Okay, my summer.  First, Vermont, rain, rain, rain, floods, rain, rinse repeat.  Tough to get in time outside.  Then, wham, knee tendonitis and 4.5 weeks off the bike.  Just started riding again, wham, gout in my big toe (WTF?), off bike for a week, started riding again, wham COVID plus a COVID rebound, off the bike for two weeks.

Then, last week a trip to Lac Megantic in Canada.  First bike ride post-COVID and we decided as part of our ride to pedal up to the summit of Mont Megantic to the observatory, right about the halfway point of a 45 mile loop.  Dang, that's a hard climb and the rest of the ride was quite hilly, the terrain in that region being very rolling.  Never been so tanked after 45 miles!  COVID sucks!

If you are ever in that region, the climb is a must.  The first half mile is a doozy.