I went on the most amazing bike ride yesterday. At first I was dreading it – long ride at the end of a long week, and ALL by mySELF. All my other 2+ hr rides here have been with at least one other person. But, when you’re by yourself, you can take photos! And go where you want!
I loaded a ride I did previously with Boca Hawaii onto my Garmin, I haven’t utilized the “course” feature before and it was great. I had a little route map on my screen and I just followed the path I rode before. Garmin would complain “off course! off course!” when I went the wrong way. I’d either turn around and get back on track, or say “I am adding extra miles!”, “I missed a photo op!”, or “i know but i need jamba juice nowww.” My route took me over the Pali into various valleys and back roads on the windward side. I tried to push hard over all the climbs and short hills, but my heart rate data definitely shows that I was more in cruising mode than in hangontothatWHEELandSUFFER mode 
, typical for me on a solo ride in a great location. That’s ok. As my last long ride before heading back to the mainland, I really just wanted to enjoy myself and take photos while getting in the miles. I love this island so much, every ride makes me want stare at the ridges, scan the ocean for whales, herd chickens off the road (it’s baby chicken season here), breathe in every single rich tropical scent, and smile a lot as I pedal along.
Here is a photo album from my ride, starting off with an image of the route I took. Ride stats: 75 miles, 5 hours, 5300′ climbing (route based on a 62 mile ride with 4000′ of climbing that I did with a group in 3:40 last month). The Garmin Connect “embed map” feature still doesn’t seem to work, so I downloaded Google Earth, exported the ride, created a new email account specifically for Mac OSX Mail, set up Mac OSX Mail, emailed the Google Earth map image of my ride to myself, and then saved the image… there has to be a better way! You won’t get the interactive features of an embedded map, but you still get a view of my clockwise loop-de-loop.
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Beautiful – absolutely stunning! Looks like a great ride… I would totally stop and take pictures as well
Thanks for sharing-
So fun! Love the pictures and the views are breathtaking! I”m sure you’re going to miss that place! You might have to go every year.. and um.. pack me in your suitcase!!
Wow, amazing photos. But for me the jamba juice one rocks.