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Sorry for the delay. Yesterday itself was epic in every way…… My last blog report! Another miracle—forecasted rain for the morning came the evening before so we had gorgeous blue sky weather-again! Our short 19 miles to the beach to dip our front tire into the Atlantic. It was an eventful ride, as it included…
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Our last ride before the beach and it was a BIG day. At breakfast, my fellow rider and friend Marie shared with me that today was her last medication after a 10-year trial as a result of her breast cancer diagnosis. She was thanking me for my commitment to end cancer and sharing her journey.…
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Another heat advisory allowed us to shove off early (6:45) to avoid some of the heat, although we arrived in Brattleboro at 96 degrees. It was a spectacular day however, maybe my favorite of the tour, despite a 7-mile climb with 10% grades. And we crossed into our 13th state-Vermont. But what goes up must…
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Under a severe heat advisory, we started out early for our last century ride. We continued to bike through farmlands and small towns. Today we saw many Amish buggies, and stopping at our first SAG, we ran into quite a few in the grocery store. We rode along the Erie Canal and eventually the Mohawk…
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A nice and easy day of biking to Utica, through neighborhoods and farmland. We passed by the world’s smallest church in Oneida, the Cross Island Chapel. It is under 30 sq ft of space on the inside and seats two people. The sign gives a phone number to call for “special occasions”. We biked along…
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Another remarkable day biking in upstate NY. We started with sunny, cool weather and biked to Geneva, on the shores of the Finger Lake, Lake Seneca. The Finger Lakes were formed by glaciers during the last ice age, carving deep lakes from steam valleys. We followed the Erie Canal ( more on this later) to…
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It’s hard to keep saying, “this may be my favorite day of biking”, but upstate New York has beautiful rolling and pastoral farms, and the roads are fantastic. While there was plenty of climbing, it was winding and consisted mainly of rollers. At our first SAG stop, we celebrated 3,000 miles with donuts! WOW-hard to…
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How lucky were we – we woke up to NO RAIN! We had a gorgeous day of biking, most of which was with views of Lake Erie to our left and beautiful vineyards to our right. Erie is the third snowiest city in the US, and is also known as the “grape belt” benefiting from…
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It was our LAST rest day, and it was perfect! Weather was fantastic, with blue skies (windy, of course), but temps in low 80’s. And so wonderful to have Tally here! And we had a Starbucks in the lobby! We had a lovely breakfast outside by the lake, then Maggie and I hitched a ride…
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Sunny morning to start our day. Nice farmlands again and plenty of Amish buggies on the road. We had to avoid lots of horse poop! Made a diversion to see an 1848 covered bridge, then had lunch at a Crossroads tradition, the White Turkey Drive-In. Crossed into our 11th state-PA! Then wound our way up…