Today, our 2nd to the last day, we left New York, traveled through Vermont and wound up in New Hampshire. We traveled on Hwy 7, State Hwy 9 and Hwy 101.
Once again the weather held…no rain, although the humidity was high. We actually rode 26 miles into tomorrow’s ride, leaving us with just 60 miles to Plum Island and the Atlantic Ocean. Total distance today – 120.2 miles with 7,900 feet of climb, our biggest climb day of our trip. Despite the humidity, total climb and distance, today’s ride was rather enjoyable with great scenery. We rode through several towns or villages that were established before 1776 making them older than our nation. W
e also encountered a house fire and a car fire on our route…slowed us a bit, but did not keep us from completing the last of the climbs (over 100 feet).
Our total mileage to date – 3,389 miles with over 90,000 feet of climb. Tomorrow’s ride should be flat and short. We do not plan on hitting the cranks until after 8:00 AM. It looks like the rain will hold off one more day. With a little luck, we should be to the Atlantic shortly after noon tomorrow. Larry will ride the last 10 to 20 miles with us on the spare bike. We think that it is only appropriate that he do so since he has been an integral part of us making it from the Pacific to the Atlantic. We only wish that Bob could have joined us as he ran support for 8 days in Larry’s absence.
