So Day 11 was a day off, and probably a good thing. I think I needed the break, as did everyone else. Last night at the dinner table, Leon, one of the owners of the hotel, gave his nightly speech and said that there could be winds up to 60-70kph. I didn't really want to be anywhere to exposed for that sort of thing. We decided to take off shortly after breakfast - Gary and I rolled out at 9:12, about 10 minutes after Larry, Toby, and Kevin. The first 20-30km was flat to slightly downhill, so we caught up before we turned off the main road an onto the first climb of the day - the Col du Mort. This was a pretty big climb, but we started from such a low elevation that it din't hurt as much as some of the other climbs. I think the climb was about 3500ft or so. After we dropped down, we climbed up the Col d'Ornon, which seemed really easy. I think the first half or more was 5% or less, so a lot of big ring. Even when the grade reached 7 or8%, it didn't seem too bad because instead of going through switchbacks we were rolling through fields of wild flowers. We hit the top and had one of the best downhills yet, super fun, some tight and twisty stuff, nice roads.....yay! The ride was one of our longest yet, maybe 115-117km or so, with 7000ft of climbing. A good day once again. I didn't take too many pictures today, as it was slightly overcast and I wasn't in the mood. I will try to add the few I took later today.