Well, today the reality of this trip finally hit me, and I got really excited. I can't believe in just 5 more days, I will reach my goal of biking across the country! I am sad that it is coming to an end, and at the same time excited that it is coming to an end. Yeah, mixed emotions!
Yesterday's ride totaled 96.49 miles. This is the last ride of this trip that will be 90 + miles -- (unless I decide to take another wrong turn of course!!!) And, our century rides for this trip are now over. Over the next 5 plus days remaining, we will be in the 80 +, 70+, or 60+ range in miles per day.
Yesterday's ride was long, and overall pretty uneventful. We started out the day at The Pedaling History Museum. Here they have a bunch of antique bicycles, and had a tour of the evolution of the bicycle. I unfortunetly, happened to fall asleep during the tour....(hey it was 8:30 in the morning!!!--Give me a break!!!) But, the parts which I did not fall asleep through, I found quite interesting.
Afterwards we just pedaled through some towns, took a break at a place maybe 20 miles from Avon, NY -- and had some ice cream for lunch. About 25 miles later we stopped for a snack and had more ice-cream. (Yeah, I know, I have such a rough life!! -- Biking and eating ice-cream all day!!!!)...
Here are a few street signs that I saw along the way that we usually don't see everyday...
I also got really confused when I saw this sign yesterday... I thought I was back in Colorado for a moment!!!!
I was happy that yesterday it didn't rain on us, not one drop. It stayed cool and was overcast, but I was just relieved it wasn't raining like the day before!!!
We finally made it into the town of Canadigua, NY -- we ended up eating at the Ponderosa, and afterwards, I just did laundry. This took precedence over my blog yesterday.
Today- day 47-- I woke up at 6:00 am to the sound of pitter patter on the windows. I thought it was going to be an awful day full of rain, but the weather again surprised me, and the rain stopped by the time I rode to the local Denny's for breakfast. I kept my rain gear on all day-- you know Murphey's Law.... for most of the day though, it did stay dry!
I hit mile 13.45 today, when, oh, such a terrible event occurred!!! Yes, I got my first flat on the trip! My front tire was cut deep by a piece of glass, and also ripped into my innertube! I was, trying to go for no flats during this whole trip. I was only 6 days away!!! Well, putting it into perspective, I've gone 3500 miles with one flat! There is one biker here on this trip, Steve, who holds the record for the most flats on this trip, with a total of 13 thus far!!! Hearing this, I was able to get over it pretty quickly!!!
We rode through Seneca Falls today -- it is a lovely part of NY if you've never driven through this way. There is a beautiful lake there too -- Seneca Lake.
We also went through Waterloo, where they claim is the birthplace of Memorial Day. However, Norb, who lives in Pennsylvania, says there is a city in PA that claims they are the birthplace of Memorial Day. Another fact to google someday. We went into the National Memorial Day Museum. Here there was just some interesting memorabilia on display. Seneca Falls, is the birthplace of women's rights-- here too they have a museum... but I missed it. I thought I could find it on my own just by riding into town, apparently it was right next to the visitor's center which I saw. Those who went, told me it is very much worth going to. I'm glad it's just upstate from where I am at, I figure I can go visit on a 3 day weekend sometime!!!
We also went through the town of Camillus. Right outside of this town, we stopped at Giffords ice-cream shop... it is in a building built in 1835. Inside the restaurant was this sign, that really just cracked me up!!!!
Afterwards, the rain started to fall. For the first 10 miles it was just a light drizzle, and the next 10 miles was a bit more heavy. It of course stopped when we were 5 miles or so from the hotel! It wasn't so bad since the weather up to this point cooperated... it still wasn't super fun to ride in the rain, but it was definetly not as bad as the other day had been!!
Tonight we are staying at the Clarion Hotel, and ate at a chinese buffet! After dinner, I enjoyed some nice ice-wine. It is a delicious dessert wine for those of you who have never tried it.... I do highly recommend it! But, I know for some it is just too sweet tasting... I however, (as most of you know) have the BIGGEST sweet tooth in the world!
Tomorrow is day 48 of our ride. We are traveling 79 miles from Liverpool, NY to Little Falls, NY -- with only a small 370 foot climb over a 25 mile stretch, so it should not be too bad of a ride. I still haven't checked the weather report tho, and there will be a lot of right and left turns throughout most of the day. Not much else really to report tonight! Hope you are all doing well. Talk to you all later!!!
Meiri.
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