Fire, Famine, Floods! After having to bail from Ride The Lobster, Jeff is planning to take my place. To compete in the event, you have to do a two-day qualifying ride that meets a defined set of criteria for mileage and climbing. Since he's bailing me out, I agreed to ride with him for Day 1 of his qualifying ride. It was a HOT ride (Fire), with temperatues in the 90s. I kept running out of water (Famine), which ultimately helped cause a late-ride bonk. And we ran into real Floods...giving us both a "first" for having the pavement under our wheels turn into river before our eyes. A day in the saddle that will be very tough to beat. Distance 65km, climbing just shy of 1,000 meters.