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Trip Log – Day 14 – New Hartford, NY to Cazenovia, NY

Miles Today: 43 Miles to Date: 846 May 19, 2015 – Sun, clouds and thunderstorms, 75 degrees   Linda Turner, my warmshowers host, fried up hash browns, steak and eggs. Over breakfast she shared her explorations in genealogy – up … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 13 – Cobleskill, NY to New Hartford, NY

Miles Today: 72 Miles to Date: 803 May 18, 2015 – Sunny, 80 degrees   I made several trips to my hotel breakfast bar and floated out of Cobleskill on a beautiful Catskills morning. Thunderstorms were in the forecast for … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 12 –Slingerlands, NY to Cobleskill, NY

Miles Today: 37 Miles to Date: 731 May 17, 2015 – Sunny, 80 degrees     A cycling fact: fifty miles before noon is easier than thirty miles after noon. I got off to a late start, on purpose, because … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 11 – Manchester, VT to Slingerlands, NY

Miles Today: 72 Miles to Date: 694 May 17, 2015 – Cloudy, 60 degrees   Nature is breaking me into her fury in a most gentle way. After encountering no rain for ten days, this morning’s forecast called for a … Continue reading

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Miles Today: 88 Miles to Date: 242 May 8, 2015 – Sunny, windy, 55 degrees   The reality of this trip hit me hard in the face today, in the form of a 30-mile head wind. I started the day … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 2 – Seabrook, NH to Portland, ME

Miles Today: 89 Miles to Date: 154 May 7, 2015   I rolled north with the spring, a notoriously swift and fickle season in New England. The morning was crisp, the breeze on Rye Beach chilly.       In … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 1 – Cambridge, MA to Seabrook, NH

Miles Today: 65 Miles to Date: 65 May 6, 2015 As I pedaled away from the Alewife T station, against the flow of commuters filing into the subway, I murmured, ‘one mile down, 20,000 more to go.’ A fellow cyclist … Continue reading

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Trip Log T-1: Acknowledgements

I want to thank everyone who has tried to fatten me up. Larry gave an amazing send-off dinner with four courses that culminated in me staring at the biggest piece of tres leche cake I’ve ever seen, until I ate … Continue reading

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The Fine Print

‘Awesome’ is the most common response I get from people when I describe my upcoming trip. ‘Crazy’ runs a distant second, and ‘Dangerous’ a close third. Though I prefer to focus on the awesome aspects of my journey – the … Continue reading

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The Money: Not for Charity, Not for Profit

I’m happy to report that no sooner did I announce my bicycle adventure than people began positing unexpected responses. Just as I hoped! Many people asked what charity I was raising money for; a few asked whether I was crowd-sourcing … Continue reading

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