Day 13 - 44 miles

Today's ride was an another 80 mile ride with the 35 miles uphill.  Sue and I have been struggling on these, they're particularly hard on a tandem.  By 45 miles into New Mexico in a little town called Duncan, which happens to be where Sandra Day O'Connor grew up, Sue and I hopped the van to finish the ride.  Tomorrow is a shorter ride and then we get a day off to rest and recover and head into our third week of riding.
While riding these long days I've come to realize that the easiest miles are the first 25 and the hardest are the last 10 miles of a day's ride.