Chris’ Journey

Today was awesome. It was short, not too hilly, and it provided us with good weather (for the most part). Since it was a relatively short day we got a little bit of extra sleep this morning before making our way to the first stop of the day. We drove to the tri-state rock where New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania all meet. So after hanging out in 3 states for a little bit we finally decided to put New Jersey and Pennsylvania behind us.

The day started off in Downtown Port Jervis with 35 degree weather and cloudy skies. It was good to have company again with Dustin beginning his 3 day trip with me to the finish. Less than 5 miles into the ride he was already causing trouble by complaining that his hands were to cold and had to switch. But after that he was a champ for the rest of the day.

A little less than an hour into the ride we were surprised by snow. It was weird. It would snow really hard for a minute then stop for a minute. Then really hard for a minute then stop for a minute. This was all happening as we began our first and really our only climb of the day. It was a nice long 2-3 mile climb with a few steep points. Once we got over that everything was good. The snow stopped, the sun came out, the temperature went up, and the road went down.

We ended up having a long morning, logging 55 miles by the time we got to lunch. Dustin was doing awesome and gave me some extra motivation and company all day. We ended up having lunch in New Paltz, NY at The College Diner. It was good food and a good break.

After lunch Mr Weigl (Dustin’s dad) left us and we made our way across the Hudson River and into Hyde Park. While in Hyde Park we found another cyclist from the Culinary Institute of America to ride with. It was nice to get some miles in with him. But he peeled off as we got to Hyde Park. We actually ended a decent away past Hyde Park by the finish close to Rhinebeck but we got a picture with the Hyde Park sign and are saying its the ending point for the day to make it easier to follow. We ended up doing 77 miles at 15.7 mph average. It was a very nice break for the legs. Tomorrow is suppose to be really hilly so I’ll need all the energy I can have.

Here are some pictures from today:

Day 14

Here are pictures from Mr. Weigl while he was with us.

Thanks for reading.
Stephen

This entry was posted on Friday, March 20th, 2009 at 8:27 pm and is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.