{"id":188,"date":"2009-06-05T02:00:07","date_gmt":"2009-06-05T09:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/liveforthepath.com\/?p=188"},"modified":"2022-04-30T19:05:29","modified_gmt":"2022-05-01T02:05:29","slug":"day-5-rancho-mirage-ca-to-banning-ca-headwinds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/liveforthepath.com\/?p=188","title":{"rendered":"Day 5 \u2013 Rancho Mirage, CA to Banning, CA \u2013 Headwinds"},"content":{"rendered":"

42 miles \u2013 5.5 hours saddle time<\/b><\/p>\n

(A note on saddle time: this is automatically calculated by my bike odometer and only counts the amount of time I am actually moving. Therefore, really hard days like this are going to show less saddle time than there actually was because I was off the bike resting, cursing the wind, etc. more often than days that are going well.)<\/p>\n

I got up a little late, and set out at around 8am.<\/p>\n

\"Outside<\/a>

Outside my motel in the morning.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Another<\/a>

Another mountain shot.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"One<\/a>

One more.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Palm<\/a>

Palm Springs<\/p><\/div>\n

I stopped at a Burger King on the main street of Palm Springs, which was quite nice (Palm Springs, not BK). Anyway, heading north out of town I thought everything was going great, only to find when I reached the 10 that I did not take a turn that I was supposed to take to stay on the 111. Along the way I rode through one of the largest wind farms in North America.<\/p>\n

\"Wind<\/a>

Wind Farm<\/p><\/div>\n

\"More<\/a>

More Wind Farms<\/p><\/div>\n

\"What<\/a>

What a shot. He was going around 40 at the time and my camera surprisingly did not flip out.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"More<\/a>

More of the same.<\/p><\/div>\n