As it's been a couple days since our last post, we'll fill you in on the deets. Friday was a pretty epic day. We completed our first 70 miler (wicked stoked to hit our target range only 4 days in!) and crossed our first state line! We hit some pretty big hills at the end of the day, but lucky us, sasq's cousin Bill Tynion met us in East Derry & carted us away to an amazing steam shower, dinner, drinks, & a comfy bed! It was soooo much fun, we stayed another day haha. We also met up w/ little foot's BFF, Sarah, who hooked us up w/ some yummy ice cream (thanks again). Bill took great care of us all weekend and shipped us on our way Sunday morning. 5 minutes into our Sunday ride, we realized drinking & eating like it's going out of style is not the best way to spend a rest day. Nonetheless, we cycled another 74 miles, almost making it clear through MA in one day! Lorraine's mom would be proud of her for making it to Mass on a Sunday! Sunday night we camped in MA, about 10 miles from the CT border. After an exhausting day, we pitched our tent at a camp ground, at which point it started raining, and were angrily yelled at for pitching our tent at a campground (weird huh?) and pitched it in a $37 RV spot. We did manage to make amends & haggle our way down to $20, but went to bed w/o showers and were pretty annoyed by the situation. The rain didn't help.
Today was a new day & new week & we were able to wash away the sunday night shenanigans with some incredible luck. In Stafford Springs we met some kind & generous folks to eat lunch with, but still unsure about where we would stay tonight, we were contemplating a hotel as there is no camping in the area. As luck would have it, we met a fellow ACA coast-to-coast rider. Brian is biking from Boston to Oregon and lives in Simsbury, CT--only a few miles from our ending point today. He graciously invited us to camp in his back yard and his family welcomed us into their home, offering both showers and dinner. Many, many thanks to these kind folks!
Tomorrow the real adventure starts! We've decided to ditch the ACA maps in lieu of a more direct route to NYC. We're hoping to utilize the CT Greenways, which are a series of bike paths built on old rail road tracks. If all goes as planned, we'll be spending one more night in CT and then biking directly into NYC!
And lastly, our apologies due to our minimal posting. We're still tweaking a few things as we figure out the best way to post to the blog from our phones. And pictures are coming soon! We've taken loads, but aren't currently able to upload them yet, but we are hoping to get some up once we get to Brooklyn. We have been able to update some of the stats & riding routes (2 per day) with maps so you can check out exactly where we cycled. Stayed tuned to FB & twitter for more updates & photo's!
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