I keep putting off this post, probably afraid I’ll keep thinking of things to add to it after I publish it, but at some point we all just need to pull the trigger. Anyway, it should hardly be surprising that I learned a lot over 6 weeks of flying by the seat of my pants …
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Day 33: Cambridge, MA to East Boston, MA
Okay, now I really have gone from sea to shining sea. The choice of a route for my “epilogue” ride wasn’t obvious though.
Day 32: Hadley, MA to Cambridge, MA
Well, that’s the ride! Nothing to see here, folks. But seriously, before I talk about my final full day on the road, let’s take a trip 25 years down memory lane to the summer of 1994. And sorry about the lateness of the post; I’ve had a ton of things to take care of since …
Day 31: Niskayuna, NY to Hadley, MA
Today has been one of the most amazing days of my life. It may sound like hyperbole, but I mean it. When I went to bed last night, thunderstorms were in the forecast starting at 11am. So my plan was to hit the road at 6 (sunrise was at 5:53). I was confident I could …
Interlude: All aboard, Amtrak!
You may not have been keeping track, but my last rest day was in Kalamazoo. Since then I biked for 7 days straight to get from Kalamazoo to Syracuse. At no previous point on the trip did I bike for more than 5 days in a row, and it’s really not recommended for amateur cyclists …
Day 30: Fairport, NY to Syracuse, NY
Another day with more beer than scenery. I checked out of my hotel at 7:30 and after hitting a gas station for some Dunkin’ Donuts and coconut water I was on the road at 7:45. That’s also a definite sign I’m getting closer to home: The nearby gas station carried both Dunkin’ Donuts and coconut …
Day 29: Lockport, NY to Fairport, NY
Today didn’t have too much by way of scenery, but it had plenty by way of alcohol, so this post will focus mostly on the latter. I got a pretty late start today, in no small part due to finishing up my massive post for yesterday. When I went to check out of my hotel …
Day 28: Cayuga, ON to Lockport, NY
What a day! I managed to pack so much into it that, looking back, it’s hard for me to believe it all happened in a single day. Not only that, but for the second day running I stayed within the 80-100 mile range!
Day 27: St. Thomas, ON to Cayuga, ON
Fun news: I biked my 2,222nd mile of the trip today! (This only holds true if you include my warm-up ride in Seattle; otherwise I’m about 6 miles short.) More fun news: The article from yesterday was posted, and you can read it here. Still more fun news: Remember how my stated goal for daily …
Day 26: Blenheim, ON to St. Thomas, ON
I definitely needed that lighter day today. Got up at 7:15, and the only reason I got up that early was because Chris leaves for work at 8 and I wanted to be a gracious guest and chat over breakfast. I was still feeling exhausted and slow to get moving, so I had a leisurely …
Ben's Adventures Across America (and a bit of Canada too!) 