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RAGBRAI DAY 5
Iowa Falls to Cedar Falls: 51 miles, 1400 ft of climbing and lots of downhill. Today was a fun day of riding. A cloudy day with the wind at our backs for part of the day and more descent than ascent. It was also a relatively short distance with some fun town stops along the
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Suncoast Trail and Starkey Park Trail
Day 14: Crystal River, FL to Odessa, FL; 73.9 miles, 2,400 feet of climbing, 85 degrees Back on the road today and we were fortunate enough to have all but about 10 miles on trails; first the Suncoast Trail that paralleled the Suncoast Highway and then on the Starkey Park Trail. A bit of up
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Ice cream and the beach
Day 7 – Off the bike in Panama City Today was an off day that started for me with a Bible Study Fellowship leaders’ meeting. We have now completed our study of Revelation and I was so glad to be able to join the ladies via Zoom. While I was attending the meeting, Bill started
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Dauphin Island
Day 3: Pascagoula, MS to Dauphin Island, AL; 43 miles, partly sunny, less headwind, 80 degrees Today was a shorter ride and it was nice to have the afternoon off the bikes. We rode across a long bridge to Dauphin Island (a warm-up for the Keys) and are staying at the aptly named, Gulf Breeze
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More beaches, bridges, and breeze
Day 2; Bay St Louis, MS to Pascagoula, MS; 53.7 miles, stiff headwind, cloudy and 81 We had rain clouds chasing us all morning, but we were able to outrun them and ended the day with no rain. We were told that the stiff headwind was keeping the storms at bay. I’ll take wind over
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Reached the beach and state 50
Day 52 / Aug 27 / Hooksett, NH to Portsmouth, NH with Maine added in / 53.6 miles and 1,788 feet / 80 degrees After 52 days of pedaling, we reached the Atlantic Ocean and dipped our front tires. On the way to the beach, the route took us on another NH rail trail, which
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Penultimate ride
Day 51 / Aug 26 / Keene, NH to Hooksett, NH / 60.3 miles and 3,193 feet / partly cloudy and 78 degrees Oh boy, we are almost to the coast. Today was a great ride through classic New England scenery. Most of the roads were well paved and with very little traffic. We did
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Two more states and another trail
Day 50 / Aug 25 / Hancock, MA to Keene, NH / 87.4 miles and 6,975 feet / 80 degrees We started with a nice continental breakfast at the Berkshire Valley Inn in their lovely community room. Anyone recognize the guy with the raccoon eyes? The route today was full of several tough climbs, but
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Crossing the Hudson, leaving NY, welcome to MA
Day 49 / Aug 24 / Latham, NY to Hancock, MA / 54 miles and 3,362 feet / Sunny and 91 degrees Today we rode through Albany, NY, “crashed a local 5K on the trail, crossed the Hudson River and had our final ride on the Empire State Trail before riding into Massachusetts. Before we
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“The trail” take 5
Day 48 / Aug 23 / Herkimer, NY to Latham, NY / 76.5 miles and 1,353 feet / sunny and 80 degrees with a light tailwind It’s probably just as well that I don’t look at the routes for the future until the night before. We were back on the Empire State and Erie Canalway
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