Just the stats: 97 miles, 18.2 MPH average. Cumulative 3,038 miles. No flats today, eight in total. Sunny with blue sky's all day, 53 to 71 degrees. More hills today, lots of climbing - 4,000 feet of climbing today.
Today was a good riding day. My favorite conditions, smooth roads, lots of hills to climb (and fly down too!), no headwinds and even some tailwinds. I jumped on my big gear early and just kept riding. New York has the best roads in the nation - big wide shoulders and smooth pavement. No other state is even close, at least with the roads we've been on so far.
So, we had another beautiful day today, complete with blue skies, cool temperatures, smooth roads, and gorgeous scenery. This part of New York is really beautiful, it has rolling hills, small farms, and small towns. We saw fields of grapes - lots of grapes, corn, wheat, soybeans and other crops.
The milestone for today was that we passed the 3,000 mile mark of our trip!
We are now in the Finger Lakes area. We are staying at Canandaigua Lake tonight. As I said, this is a real pretty part of the country and I plan to bring Yvonne back here for a visit.
We have only five riding days left. The next three days are relatively short 78, 69, and 76 miles. I don't want to jinx myself but they should be good riding days. The last two days are huge climbing days and have been told that they could be the toughest days of the whole trip, we'll see about that.
We are getting near the end and I can smell the barn.
2 comments:
Gee Tom,
I got so busy that I couldn't read your blog for a few days and now you're almost swimming in the Atlantic. It's amazing. The ride and your blogs. Why don't you turn around and go back for us. Head South and then turn up North across the western plains. I do agree with you that the Finger Lakes area of NY are very beautiful. If the last two days get hard just think about all the ice cream you can have on the ship!!!!
I've never seen so many skinny men together. Keep eating.
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