Today is a short day and, as with every trip I take, I'm ready for it to be over, but not quite yet.
We ate breakfast at the first town we stopped in, New London, at a mobile place we'd seen every morning. The place was called Bite Me, where we had some French Toast. Occasionally someone would ride by and yell "BITE ME!" This is Heather and Samantha eating their breakfast.
We pedaled at a leisurely pace and stopped in Lowell for some corn on the cob.
Here are some pictures along the way:
Minnesota Viking fans, apparently.
This is an old joke, recently revived because of the TV show The Office... the shirt says, "Ask us about free updog." The most common comment is, "What's updog?" and the inevitable response is, "Not much. What's up with you?" What made the shirts even funnier is that this is the seventh day Team Updog has been wearing them, so when someone asked, "What's Updog?" the rider let out a slow sigh and said, "Not much," sighed again, and added "What's up with you?" in a tired voice. I don't know about you, but I think if you don't want people to ask you, then DON'T WEAR THE SHIRTS.
In Middletown we stopped for some watermelon.
A few miles later we stopped at Beekman's Ice Cream. They have the homemade ice cream that was so delicious
At the end of the trip, the VERY end of 450 miles of pedaling, there was a short section of road called Snake Alley in Burlington. There was an alternate route so you didn't HAVE to, but we decided to give the 21% grade a try. We made it without having to walk up, but it wasn't the easiest thing I've ever done.
Distance 45.63
Average speed 13.0
Maximum speed 42.5
Time 3:30.34
Cumulative 458.43
Climbed feet 1145
Distance 45.63
Average speed 13.0
Maximum speed 42.5
Time 3:30.34
Cumulative 458.43
Climbed feet 1145
If you enjoyed reading mark on a bike 09, you might enjoy reading about my other trips, mark on a bike 08 (a bicycle trip from San Diego to Jacksonville, FL) or mark on a bike 07 (a bicycle trip from Seattle to Montana)
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