USA Coast-to-Coast 2008

Tuesday, July 22nd: Portsmouth, NH

nobody@vox.com(Alan Ferriday) — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:17:19 -0700

And so ......... the end! The last day was very much a dawdling sort of day, billed as 62 miles to the Rye Junior High School, where we were asked to arrive by 1130, in order that we could link up with the police cars, whose job it was to esco...

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Monday, July 21st: Manchester, NH

nobody@vox.com(Alan Ferriday) — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:04:22 -0700

Brattleboro was much nearer to the New Hampshire line than I imagined, so it was only 2 minutes out of breakfast to the first photo of the day. Although Vermont was over, the hills certainly weren't, and we knew after last night's route rap that...

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Sunday, July 20th: Brattleboro, VT

nobody@vox.com(Alan Ferriday) — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 12:22:21 -0700

Only two days left after today, and we entered our penultimate state, Vermont. The 'mont' part should give you a clue - it has hills. And today was the day my legs decided to go awol. I was useless any time the road went up, almost as if my bi...

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Saturday, July 19th: Latham, NY

nobody@vox.com(Alan Ferriday) — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:30:15 -0700

A good, gentle ride today, much of it on a bike path (not too many tree roots pushing up the asphalt) following the course of the Erie Canal and/or the Mohawk River. The humidity looked like threatening again, but, as it turned out, it was fair...

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Friday, July 18th: Little Falls, NY

nobody@vox.com(Alan Ferriday) — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:01:23 -0700

Following breakfast at Denny's again, we had a very pleasant day today, in terms of both the route and the weather, although the latter was far too humid for my northern European taste. Way better than getting rained on, though. Fred & I rode o...

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Thursday, July 17th: Liverpool, NY

nobody@vox.com(Alan Ferriday) — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:29:16 -0700

We pedalled out to breakfast at Denny's, a mile or so away, this morning at 0630, as the conti breakfast at the Super 8 was, to say the least, minimalist. Loading was at 0730, but Fred & I had dawdling intentions. We had arranged with Robin (...

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Wednesday, July 16th: Canandaigua, NY

nobody@vox.com(Alan Ferriday) — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:39:37 -0700

OK, so I lied! I said that there would be no more centuries on the trip, and, counting today, there have been 2 more already since I said it, both manufactured by going out to a lunch eaterie and/or around the block as many times as it took. ...

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Tuesday, July 15th: Hamburg, NY

nobody@vox.com(Alan Ferriday) — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:10:26 -0700

A very welcome easy day, today, just 4 score flattish miles along (but not always in view of) the south shore of Lake Erie. Just the odd glide down a slope to a feeder stream, and then back up the other side, but nothing too taxing. You may kn...

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Monday, July 14th: Niagara Falls, ON, Canada

nobody@vox.com(Alan Ferriday) — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:00:47 -0700

There was little chance, having been there in 2002 on my first ride across, that I would ever visit Niagara Falls again, but Jeff suggested that the day off should be spent there, since daughter Katie had never been. Obviously, I jumped at the ...

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Sunday, July 13th: Erie PA

nobody@vox.com(Alan Ferriday) — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:34:51 -0700

There was rain in the air again this morning. Worse still, the Doppler screen on The Weather Channel suggested that there would be more waiting for us as we rode first north, then east, towards Erie. The light, drizzly stuff lasted about an hou...

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