tripping over ourselves, forgetting everything, and in general we were
sloooooow. And getting back on the bike...painful. At a certain point,
your butt just says no to being on the saddle. You kind of have to
trick yourself into going again, like saying 'its only a short day, it
will be over soon, and tomorrow we have a rest day!' But our trek from
Chenango Valley State Park to outside
of Ithaca was anything but short--a long day of almost 70 miles with
many hills between point A and point B. We stopped in Ithaca and had a
nice two hours of walking (our butts thanked us for giving them a
break!) and window shopped to our hearts content. We learned on the
way out of town that Ithaca is in a large valley whcih of course meant
a big climb.
We passed Podunk Rd today, which explains a lot about where we were. A
sweet couple from MA stopped near us on the top of one of the many
hills, said they had seen us miles ago and wanted to know if they
could help in any way-even offered a bottle of wine! We thought the
extra weight wouldve killed us, but in retrospect maybe a little wine
in the water bottles would have been just the kick we needed!
We have a lovely rest day planned with hopes of sunning ourselves in
order to get rid of the gorgeous bike tan afoot. Laundry falls a
distant but important second on the to-do list. Lots of love from the
Finger Lakes!
2 comments:
Rock on ladies. Maybe when you get closer to this shore I can ride a ways with you. Especially since you will be finishing in my kitchen, San Francisco. I hope you had a chance to enjoy a brew at Ithica Brewery. Keep the rubberside down. Have a blast!
Hi girls! I can't believe you rode 92 miles the other day, with all of that climbing! It sounds like a Scott DC roadrace, but with trailers!! Way to go! According to my calculations, you are approximately 11.1% done with your trip -- you knew I had to do that, didn't you!? The hills WILL get easier -- East Coast hills suck -- shorter but much steeper!
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