I’m home, it’s done and I’m happy. After a really great dinner, good sleep and a fun evening with Julie and Frank, owners of the Inn at Manchester, I was on the road at 7:00. A beautiful and cool morning, not cold. It was to be. A 66 mile sprint… Read More
After waking up in the smallest motel room and having slept in my sleeping bag it was another chilly start. I trusted my sleeping bag to be clean. Anyway this was to be a big day and I was concerned. Just not sure what the terrain and winds would be… Read More
Wow, probably my best day yet. I slept in an hour since the temp was to be 38 at 7:00 and outside my comfort zone. So I pushed off at 9:00 with the temp at 47. I’m on the road with an under sized new front tire and some patched… Read More
Big day today, this is part of my push to catch up on a day and get home on Saturday instead of Sunday. This day and tomorrow with an 86 mile ride are needed. It’s late in the trip and the route is hilly so these distances are hard. I… Read More
Well to start, the plan was to end up in Port Jervis NY, for about a75 miles ride. So here is the story…. After a great night with Michele’s parents, they dropped me at the pick up point at 7:30. I was a little worried about how the gears would… Read More
After a fabulous evening with Marcia and Marty , Marty dropped me off at the Valley Forge Park where they picked me up the day before. Then he helped me to fix another rear flat tire, geez! I check the wheel and tire each time and I’m finding nothing so… Read More
I was hoping for a day with fewer steep hills as my goal is to arrive as early as possible at Michele’s sister and brother in laws home. The day started very cold, 47 degrees and foggy. I almost all my warm clothes and it was still cold. Wish I… Read More
I never want to ride the same route twice on these trips. So after a great night at a new Hampton Inn and a great breakfast, breakfast cook Michael and I loaded bike and gear into his car. Michael drove me the 5 miles back over ugly roads to Reistertown. Read More
Well another disappointing day. With great intention and well taken care of by the Cocos family I ventured back out to finish the Rock Creek trail. I had done some on line research about the trail. Will dropped me off and this time the trail was much easier. Then it… Read More
Well this turned out to be a day!!! The goal was 80 plus to an off route stay in Owings Mill Md. So it started great by Ray dropping me off at the Ft Belvoir Gate at 6:45. Then a ride through the Ft itself. As I have said I… Read More
This was to be an interesting day for me at the beginning. Great ride through the Fredricksburg Battle Field. I was to early for the visitors center but it was to be a long day so there was no time. The route avoided the busy highway 1 by going west… Read More
NoSleeping on the floor of the church Sunday school room was not very comfortable, but apparently I slept OK. I did not properly set my phone alarm so it did not go off at 6:00 and I woke up at 6:40, the time I wanted to be on the road. Read More