Miles: 57.67
Riding Time: 4:22:05
Average Speed: 13.2
Cum. Miles: 3010.47
For breakfast today after the one in camp, we stopped at a Tim Horton's. I started with a cup of coffee and a breakfast egg and sausage sandwich. Of course I was still hungry after that so I went back and bought a chocolate glazed and maple frosted donut, what I always get when I go to Dunkin Donuts. The Tim Horton donuts weren't too bad, but didn't compete with Dunkin Donuts which by the way, we didn't pass a single one that I can recall on the entire trip. Here we also meet a guy who says he rides five to six thousand miles a year on a bike. We talked to him for a while and he ended up giving us 20 bucks for dinner, which was really nice of him.
Today was full of detours and following Dan Henry's on the road because our cue sheets started from a different town then we actually started in. By the time we actually meet up with our cue sheet we were about 30 miles or so into the trip. Today was alot of rolling hills and lots of lush green scenery in Pennsylvania. We also ran into some pretty steep up and downhills today but none good enough to reach my goal of 50 MPH. Today was a little on the cool side temperature wise and we could see that a rain storm was brewing. I didn't bring my rain jacket with me on the bike today so I ended up stopping at some store for a trash bag. I conveniently passed a sign for Bennett Acre's, so I had to stop for a picture and then it started raining. I poked 3 holes in the bag and made a sweet little black trash bag rain vest that keep my core dry and warm. It was pretty funny when I took it off because my sleeves were soaking wet but the main part of the jersey was dry. Today at one of our stops we passed a sweet Apache helicopter that was just sitting on a street corner. Right after that we crossed a bridge and there was a huge nuclear power plant on each side of us, but we were told that we were strictly forbidden from taking any pictures and if you get caught you can get into trouble. They had some huge towers and were really cool to bike past.
We stopped at a little diner called Bad Dogs close to camp for lunch because we saw alot of the other cyclists bikes sitting outside. I ended up ordering a 3/4 pound burger for lunch, which the guy at the place told us he would be impressed if we finished it. Well about 5 or 6 minutes after getting the burger, I had finished it and ordered some cheesecake for dessert, which was ok, but not great. Before we left the owner gave Liz and Ane each a free t-shirt, but didn't give Ben and I one, which was kind of a rip off.
The rain didn't let up at all as we got into camp so we were hanging out under a few little tents set up to stand under and also hung out in the truck a little. Jody even set her thermarest and sleeping bag up under the gear truck to stay dry. Once the rain died down, the four of us set my tent up really quick before it started raining again and then I grabbed my luggage which was sitting under some tarps. When I opened my suitcase, everything was soaking wet, like I could wring out my t-shirts. Basically I found the driest set of clothing I could and took a shower. There was no dryers at camp so I attempted to dry my clothes somewhat in the back of the truck but it was no hope because they were so wet. We had an awesome catered dinner, followed by a game of Euchre and then I was on lunch duty. When we went to sleep the rain was so bad that it was like misting inside the tent and at some points it was actually dripping a little. Ane ended up leaving to sleep in the back of the truck and I was eventually able to fall asleep.
PICTURES FOR THE DAY!