NER Wachusett/Purgatory 200k, April 21st, 2018

Argh, I had an entire ride report here, and Safari crashed and ate it while I was trying to add the image. Let's summarize with the photo while I go take out my frustrations by starting to put the gravel bike back together, and eventually I'll rewrite it (and take out this comment).
( With apologies to Smashmouth, but it seemed apropos )

A long story short: it was a stunningly beautiful course, with much better pavement than I expect on backroads, and also it was damn hard.