Strong North winds!!

Well today I did a big ride of 123 kms. Jake (another cyclist doing the whole sea to sea route) and I set out at 9:45 from his place and boy were we travelling!! Sometimes speeds on a straight stretch of 40 kms. an hour .....awesome. Somehow we had a feeling we would be paying for this on the way back since we were heading south and the winds were definitely pushing us along. Even the hills were a scinch. We cycled to Port Stanley along not so busy roads and arrived in Port Stanley before 12:00 p.m. Had a hot chocolate and our lunch which we ate looking out at Port Stanley (too bad I forgot the camera). I could have showed you all how Jake looks in his spandex!! The air was pretty cool but we were dressed for it. On the way back we rode along the lake which was a very pretty and quiet route. Then when we arrived at Port Bruce we knew that we had to tackle the North winds head on for the rest of the trip home which was I think about 30-40 kms. Not too sure. Boy were those winds strong. We were only doing about 15-18 kms. average I think because it took us a lot longer to get home. The entire trip took us 5 hrs. & 55 mins. But after all is said and done we arrived home safely and I thank God for a safe journey because the road from Aylmer to home was pretty busy with lots of big trucks passing us, sometimes pretty close. God is good and it reminds me again of the Holy Spirit which we cannot see but which can also have a powerful impact in our lives. I pray that our journey across this great country will also be a spirit-enpowering experience for us all. So after a long and trying day I think I'll hit the sack early tonight. Thankfully no meetings to attend.