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September 13 Skipped the sack breakfast at the hotel and rode a few miles to The Tea Kettle where they had 20 different pancake choices. I had a banana pancake with peanut butter and syrup, and Craig had a lobster omelet – yum! Then we took roads with good shoulders across the rest of ConnecticutContinue reading “Week 11: September 7-13”

September 6 Added 10 miles today to continue on the Empire State Trail, although some of it was still roads. 74 miles total from Albany to Kingston. Back to hills (almost 3,400 ft elevation gain) but some enjoyable downhills, too, Lots of great cloud formations and not more than a few drops of rain. WeContinue reading “Week 10: August 31 – September 6”

August 30 Lame sack breakfast at the hotel. A few navigation mishaps, but still made the 25 miles to Niagara Falls in good time. We were awestruck by the falls and spent a long time walking around the park and taking pictures. The mist felt great! Definitely wished we had stayed nearby so we couldContinue reading “Week 9: August 24-30”

August 23 Hard to say goodbye to our friends today, but we got up early to do so before Scott left for work at 6:30! We did manage to visit with Andrea longer, while eating more of her amazing quiche and almond tart before getting back on our bikes after 8:30! We knew we onlyContinue reading “Week 8 (+2): August 15-23”

August 14 Excellent zero day. Slept in, avocado toast and eggs, got a few planning things done, salads on the rooftop, and then walked around the harbor (where we saw multiple wedding and Quinceañera parties lining up for pictures against the backdrop of the harbor and city skyline). We also walked out on Navy PierContinue reading “Week 7: August 8-14”

August 7 Oof! Tough day. We planned to get to The Hen House for their first seating at 7 but woke to not just rain, but lightining and thunder! So we took our time with breakfast, seriously debated trying to change reservations for the next 5 nights, and then decided to go for it whenContinue reading “Week 6: August 1-7”

July 31 Today was NOT a repeat of yesterday as we had hoped it would be. We packed up camp, drank our bottled Frappuccino’s, ate a little bagel, and headed out of Napoleon to continue east on Highway 46. Unfortunately our tailwind had become a crosswind, which wasn’t too bad for 60 miles, but atContinue reading “Week 5: July 25-31”

July 24 Today was almost a rest day. 51 miles with much less elevation gain (1,047 ft) most of which occurred in the first 15 miles. Then downhill and flat. Lovely! Weekend, so fewer cars. Also nice shoulder and because we started earlier (7:23) it was cooler for the whole ride. Must have paralleled almostContinue reading “Week 4: July 18-24”

July 17 Left the campground early (I wore my rainpants while we were packing up to avoid more bites!) – a couple bars for an early breakfast and then the real thing 11 miles later in Lincoln (long-time home of the Unabomber and where he was finally arrested). No other bikers but a few hikersContinue reading “Week 3: July 11-17”

July 10 Today we started a little later, after the best breakfast so far at The Hoot Owl Cafe just a short walk from our hotel. We went back across the bridge on a great trail for many miles but were then forced to take US 95 for quite awhile, with a shoulder that sometimesContinue reading “Week 2: July 4-10”