Written by Chris Day 79 – August 15 – 57 Miles, 2,960 feet climbing (Fryeburg, ME to Portland, ME) First off, happy 90th to Dave's Mom! August 15th is the 68th day Dave, Nancy and I have ridden since we started our journey on May 29th. Cindi, my wife asked during week two if I … Continue reading Ending Chris Crossing America with a boom!

Written by Dave Day 78 – August 14 – 46 Miles, 2,640 feet climbing (North Woodstock, NH to Fryeburg, ME) We stayed last night in North Woodstock. It’s a cute little town with a quaint main street. This morning we had brekkie on the main street at Riverside Coffee. We didn’t think that there was … Continue reading Maine, lucky state 13

Written by Dave Day 77 – August 13 – 71 Miles, 5,246 feet climbing (Royalton, VT to North Woodstock, NH) I’ve had yesterday and today mentally circled on our spreadsheet for quite some time. They were back-to-back hard climbing days coming at the end of long stretch of riding days and right near the end … Continue reading New Hampshire

Written by Dave Day 76 – August 12– 65 Miles, 4,080 feet climbing (Whitehall, NY to Royalton, VT) First a report on dinner last night... For a small, extremely well hidden restaurant, they had pretty good crowd at 6:30 for dinner. We snagged one of the last spots and had pretty good food, not the … Continue reading Vermont, state 9 or 10

Written by Dave Day 75 – August 11 – 69 Miles,  2,400 feet climbing (Arrowhead RV Park, Glenville to Whitehall, NY) It was nice and quiet in the Arrowhead RV Park overnight. There is a lot of noise in the Mohawk River Valley during the day but the frequent trains and freeway traffic died down … Continue reading To the edge of New York

Written by Dave Day 74 – August 10 – 61 Miles,  2,060 feet climbing (Herkimer to Arrowhead RV Park) First up – no rain and sun today. I suppose I could just end the post there. Faith has been restored in the fun factor of bicycle touring! Blue skies in Central New York - yeah … Continue reading To path or not to path

Written by Dave Day 73 – August 9 – 61 Miles,  2,077 feet climbing (Syracuse to Herkimer) Today we made a bee-line for Herkimer, choosing to ride on the road, not on the Erie Canal path. We feared that parts of the path would be very muddy or even flooded. Debby was here today in … Continue reading Debby dousing

Written by Dave Day 72 – August 8 – 65 Miles,  1,264 feet climbing (Red Whispering Winds RV, near Newark to Syracuse) We spent the day trying to dodge tropical storm Debbie and her rain showers. It worked just about perfect until noon when the rains arrived in earnest. It was supposed to stay dry … Continue reading Tracking Debbie

Written by Dave Day 71 – August 7 – 64 Miles,  740 feet climbing (Red Rock Pond RV Park, near Albion, NY to Whispering Winds RV, near Newark) Yesterday was a restful rest day. We did some laundry and last tune-ups on the bikes. We should be ready for our last push, 9 days more … Continue reading Be Safe Kids

Written by Dave Day 69 – August 5 – 61 Miles,  730 feet climbing (Niagara Falls, ON to Red Rock Pond RV Park, near Albion, NY) We were up early, skipped brekkie and dashed to the USA border trying to beat the hoards of potential crossers. There were two queues for cars. We should have … Continue reading Back to the USA and the Erie Canal