We woke up again at 6am this morning, though both Laurel and I opened our eyes at some point during the 5 o'clock hour hoping for more sleep. The Caddo grasslands area is primarily wooded, though there is spacing between the trees and little undergrowth. As we turned off the gravel drive onto the park road, I looked east towards the hazy rising sun. It was brewing a hot day indeed, but during the early morning at least it was very reasonable. The park road rolled easily beneath us, but during the night it had been windy and that wind had stuck around. When our route took us briefly south to circle back to a northern road, pedaling against the wind was slow and hard. The wind has been primarily up from the south to north, but there has not been much to hamper or significantly aid us until today, although we did deal with some wind yesterday when the roads were so exposed. When we were able to turn north, we were speedy indeed.
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