Maine to Florida Pictures!

Sept 8

dublin ga to douglas ga

Today was to be a shorter day @ around 70 miles. Knowing that we started off slow.. However after 15miles and our first stop we slowly creapt up the speed... Not super fast but not slouching... Just fast enough so the saddle wasn't pressing too hard on our bottoms :)

We took turns pulling... Ron pulled the first 15 miles... I pulled the second, ron pulled the next 22ish miles and I pulled the last 22ish miles... All of the route was on US441 whichsounds like that would suck but actually 441 is a farly quiet road in mid/south georgia.

We got into town like before 1pm so we have lots of time to kill...

We realized we didn't take any pics on the road today so I snapped a pic of ron napping @ the pool!

Now time to relax... Enjoy some more downtime and then go hunt up some dinner!

Stats
Total miles 75.6
Total time 5:14
Moving time 4:32
Moving ave 17mph
Total climbing 2255 feet
Highest point 364feet
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August, 21

5am....

My "execise equipment" is checked and my "soccer ball" (helmet) passed through security...

No air conditioning at the gate.. Hovering under an air vent...

Other than that... Just hanging out...

Sept 7

n agusta to dublin ga

Woke up after a wonderful night's sleep... Packed up and headed out following gator's lead. He led us through to a very nice bike trail. We headed to a breakfast place but found it closed so we went to a huddle house and ate a nice breakfast of eggs hashbrowns bacon/sausage and a nice large waffle.

After breakfast gator lead us through agusta and across to us1 which was to be our main route out of town.

With a quick couple of pics and frendy gooodbyes we went onto us1 as gator turned to get back home. We went several miles on us1 wondering how bad it would be... Theshoulder had rumbles in it and the roadway looked as if it could be busy... Turns out there was not much traffic @because it was laborday@

After a bit we took a break. This was to be a 120mile day. Ron had pulled for a while and I decided to help out. The roads flatteded out and a light tailwind kicked up so I dropped down on the aerobars and rolled with it. Ron says though we only stopped once that I pulled 50miles @ 21 to 25mph. I was tired after that. We stopped @ a mcdonalds for lunch and I let ron pull.

He wasn't going slow but not as fast as I was going... It seemed he was working but I was ok with the speed... He said after several miles (i think we had 15miles to go) that he was trying to keep our average above 17.5mph. So I went back to the front to help out... (actually we woulda had a nice high ave but for not the cruzin on the bike trail... Rather ride the trail than work on an average!)

Anyway we ran into town of dublin and went to the hotel... We found a ruby tuesday for dinner which was really tasty!

We also started realzing that we were starting to speak in days remaining instead of days completed!

Stats
Total miles 119.4
Total time 8:35
Moving time 7:35
Moving ave 16.5mph
Total climbing 3601 feet
Highest point 611feet (finished@270feet)
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August, 23

How do I begin... Today's ride was a religious experience? Because we ended in aubun md instead of worchester, we were 10 miles ahead for the next day (today) also we were a mile south of the course I planned to get to waterbery ct. So I decided to see if there was a course that would avoid the main state roads and us highways... Man what an amazing day it turned out to be.

Nearly from the start the route would turn off of a major road and even minor roads to be on some road going through some forest... I was unsure if we would hit a gravel road (the gps was set to avoid but not always does it)...

I had a happy grin for the first 40miles until my face was hurting from the smile... That's how amazing these conneticut roads were (and the massachusetts roads too)... We did hit route 66 during the second half of the day. It was a bit nasty but fortunatly I had picked a road to pull off of 66 and then we were back to amazing roads again...

One surprise when we went through coventry was the grave marker of nathan hale! Wow... To run into such a historical site without expecting... We stopped to pay homage and moved on.

We ate lunch at a subway in milford ct..

The final point was when we were about 5miles out from then end of the 100 mile day was a mile long 8%ish grade for at least a mile! Ouch my legs are sore!

Speaking of legs the left itb is feeling better... I iced it last night and I used lower gears today.. Yes I used the granny gear... On the last big climb and on a steep greater than 10 percent road called boston hill road....

Ok now for the stats and pics... Here are the stats...

Distance: 101.8
Moving time 7:14
Actual time 8:30
Moving average 14.1
Total feet climbing 5983feet
Highest point 955 feet.

Sept 9

douglas ga to lake city fl

Ok... We will be in florida today! Only 105miles!

It was a great day with only one worry... Water... Stops between the georgia and florida borders are non existant... The one hope is fargo ga only 10 miles north of the border. We called to find that the swanny river caf� would be open... And we headed off.

The roads were flat... 441 again looked like a rural county/state road and not a us highway. We were also amazed with how flat the road was... We were able to @haul@ on these roads. We were to homerville in no time and took our first break. At the store several ppl asked what we were doing.. Two guys also showed us phone video of their adventure on the swanny river with fast water... One guy jumped in to save the boat full of beer... And I thought we were nuts!

After homerville we hauled down to fargo where we stopped for lunch. The local caf� was that... Full of locals! The small building was filling up with town folk just as we were finishing and we moved to the large front porch where several locals talked with us about our trip and one was even a avid cyclist!

Ok onward to florida... The road was straight as an arrow... We could see the occasional truck nearly 5miles away as we progressed toward them... It seemed forever before they passed by...

We stopped at the border to take some pics and then headed into lake city.... Only one more day to go!

Stats
Total miles 105.6
Total time 7:16
Moving time 6:15
Moving ave 17mph
Total climbing 850 feet
Highest point 282 feet
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August, 28

Ok got pictures uploaded and fixed flicker link...

Ah the rest day before the mountains...

But first... Here is the flicker link to the pictures patrick took a few days ago...

flickr.com/photos/suspensionstayed/sets/72157622035333713/

Woke up and mulled around but eventually we decided to get moving... Mike and jenn fixed us a nice breakfast and we chatted for a while...

Ron was keeping an eye on the weather and he finally decided we should get going... I wanted to stay longer but alas we do have to get underway and the weather wasn't giving me a good feeling.

After a few departing comments and pictures we headed out.

We only had a 45 mile ride ... Perhaps the weather would hold... It was very humid and only 72 degrees... I was getting soaked and not from sweat!

The roads were pretty good though us340 was busy. Eventually we turned onto 340business and that was better but when we turned off of 340 and onto county roads that were amazing. 15miles of great riding...

After arriving we walked around the town... Went to lunch and bought some supplies... Ron finally broke down and bought some swim trunks... After shopping we went to the pool...

Well get some dinner in an hour or so and then turn in... Tomorrow is the first "climbing stage"

Stats
Distance 46miles.
Total time: 3:15
Moving time 2:40
Moving ave 15.1mph

Btw cleared stats from yesterday so will have to download log to computer to get them..

August 2nd... Equipment List

Here is what I am carrying with me...

* Bike Clothes
2 Shorts (one on bike one on me)
2 jerseys
2 Under Armor heatarmor T-shirts w 30SPF
2 socks
1 cycling shoes

* Non Bike clothes
1 GuideGear nylon black shorts
1 Light loose fit T
1 pair Columbia Watu sandals

* parts Bike Repair
4 spokes rear wheel
4 spokes front wheel (shorter for the generator hub)
1 Fiber Fix temp spoke repair
1 brake cable
1 shifter cable
4 tubes
1 tube patch kit
1 folding spare tire
1 Whipperman Connex chain link
1 small section of 9speed chain

* Gear Tools
1 Topeak Alien II multi tool
1 Brooks Saddle tenson adjusting spanner
1 S&S Coupling spanner
1 Shimano left crank nut wrench (small disk shaped tool)
2 tire levers
1 small role electrical tape
1 light weight bike cable lock
1 JA Stein Cassette unlock tool

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August 9, 09

Finally got a good training ride done since the Shenandoah 1200k...

Though I didn't start until 11:30am, I managed to ride 100 miles actually on the Airborne bike w all of the cear I expect to take and the gearing and such I plan to use. Included in this was a change of saddle. The brooks 'swift' saddle was always just OK and during the shenandoah 1200k it continued to stretch and though we did retension it during the ride, it was obvious the saddle is too wide for me. So because I don't have time to try a new brooks that "may" work... The brooks is gone in favor of a 'performance' brand saddle that does seem good.

Though it was a hot day (92F) I did manage a fast ride. I had to stop a few times to adjust the new saddle's tilt and height. And at one stop I got talking to a local about the remake of the muscle cars including the new camaro... And then the last 15miles ended up a headwind around 15mph... With all of that I finished w an actual time of 6:30 and an on bike time of 5:45.

With the last miles suffering into a headwind I decided to test out the work on the new 84 bike trail that is being built between University and 136th ave. The section from flamingo to 136 is nearly completed and the section of that from Commodore(where Broward ends) to the Publix (near flamingo) is rideable if you care to sneak past some fencing.

Following this post are some pictures I took of this section of the trail...

August, 26

Thank goodness new jersey is behind us. Now the fun can begin!

Today we headed to gettysburg pa. For a bit of enjoyment a special treat, we were to have a visitor. Patrick, one of the crazy sick mile riders from bikejournal.com (triple century is his handle)...

Patrick met us around 20miles from the start in quakertown and stayed with us to a few miles past the town of york. During that time we rode either on or around route 23... We followed pa bike route 'S'....

Route S in the section of lancaster county goes through amish country. This was an amazing area... Rolling hills... Farms as far as you could see.... Corn so tall that at times that was all you could see!

Occasionally we would see an amish farmer working the field... Using mules to pull a spreader or plow.

Around the houses here and there we would see buggies or push scooters (the type with the large front tire and smaller rear ones). We saw children riding bicycles. Girls wearing simple pastel dresses... Boys wearing trowsers w suspenders blue shirts and the famous amish hats.

There were also minnonites around... They tended to have nice smallish oldish looking tractors (metal instead of rubber wheels but there may be a good reason... Im not a farmer ;)

Anyway it was a terrif day... It was also a long day and we also had a increasing headwind. Ron was starting to wear down just before we got to york (and I had pushed the speed for a while)... After we went thru york and patrick turned for home the miles started to add up for me but ron seemed a bit better... We found a stop 15miles from gettysburg and I got a pint of ice cream and some cold water and laid down to stretch my back.... Ahhhh...

The wind was kicking and we had some steep rollers into town but with 5miles to go it leveled out..

Nice.... Time to get dinner and relax... Tomorrow is an easier day (shorter day)

Oh btw I hit the white balance to "indoors" by accident so some pics look very "blue"... Will have to photoshop those later ;)

Here are the stats for today:
Max distance: 123.4miles
Max time 11:18hrs
Moving time 9:05
Moving ave 13.6mph
Total climbing 6393feet
Highest point 691feet
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Sept 6

Anderson to n agusta

Woke up after eating a wonderful ribeye steak for dinner last night. Body was willing but mind wanted to stay in bed.... Eventually shook off the sleepies and got out of the hotel to go a mile to mickey-d's for bacon-egg-cheeze-biscuit and milk, oj, and coffee...

Today flew by. It is light rollling hills and we were hustling. The first 20miles went by so fast we almost didn't want to stop.. But I suggested we stop at a station exactly @ 20miles...

We were not that hungry but we got light snacks and drinks and sat for a bit... The locals as usual were amazed with out journey but this time there was more flare to their words as the unmistakable souther drawl was inflected to increase the feeling of amazement...!

With a nice rest we hit the road with well wishes and hints about a steep climb to come we went on. Again the miles seemed to scream by unlike the miles we did climbing in the blueridge.

Eventually we hit 40miles and it was time for another break but there was no places. Mccormick was still 10miles or so... So an imprompto break was summoned. After that we hit what appearded to be "the hill" the locals were speaking of but it seemed not tall enough which was expected and welcomed...

Later we rolled into mcormick and decided that was where lunch should be. We found a subway on the gps and headed toward it. I had been thinking we shoulda seen my friend "gator" and was worried about that... I decided I would call him when we got to the subway. As we rolled up to the subway lo and behold gator and his wife becky were in the parking lot! Nice!

After intros we went in to get lunch while gator got his bike and gear and becky headed back to agusta.

After chats and lunch the three of us headed out of town(mccormick)... Gator pulled for an incredibly long time even thoug he had done 10-gap (6-gap and then some) yesterday... Well we were all worn so no harm no foul to just follow...

I did eventually do some pulls and we would take another break before leaving hw28... We chatted and snacked a bit before taking the side roads to gator's house...

Once we got to his house we jumped into the pool and cooled down and talked for a while... Becky headed to the store and someone asked the time... It was only 3oclock!! That means we were done @before@ 3pm!! I couldn't believe it.. We coulda done a ton more miles today.... Uh but then i'd missed gator and becky's hospitality.... After showering and freshing... We went into the main house to snack on fruit and watch some football or use the computer.

After a bit we all got into the suv and went to a nice local restaurant for seafood and such. Wonderful..

After a cruize through town to look around we stopped and bought some bluebell icecream and went back home to eat. We wandered around the house looking at various rooms and gator's workshop and of course his bikes.. Then we all gathered around the pool in the cool eveing air and chatted some more... I am very relaxed... Of course I hated to have to turn in but tomorrow is another 100+ mile day... Nite!

Stats
Total miles 95.3
Total time 7:38
Moving time 6:02
Moving ave 15.8mph
Total climbing 3747 feet
Highest point 829feet
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August 12th 2009

On my 100 mile test ride above I was also testing my new charger circuit that I built to run off of my generator hub.

I first take the AC output of the generator and rectify it...
Then I simply set up a zener shunt circuit to cut the max output from the generator to be limited to 24VDC (I may remake the circuit later to limit this to 36VDC as the DC-DC converter can take up to 40VDC inputs).

After dumping voltage down then I feed the volts into a MC34063 DC-DC converter set up into STEPDOWN mode. Thought I used slightly different values the following diagram shows how to set the chip up to output 5VDC to which I connected a USB MINI B connector.

Testing indicates that my GPS which runs off of AA batteries will switch to USB power when the bicycle reaches 8mph.

For you guys wanting more info about this...

@ 8mph the bicycle wheel is turning at a rate of about 1.6rps (revolutions per second).

The generator has 20 magnets (I use the SON 20R... THe other SON geneartor has 26 magnets).

So with 26 magnets you get 13 pole changes per rotation which means the generator is outputing a 21Hz AC source.

Unloaded the mean square output can hit voltages above 40 VAC. After the diodes the DC voltage can still be > 40VDC. so to protect the DC-DC converter some sort of shunt is required. Of course I could use a transistor in the shunt to reduce the resistor needed but for now I'm happy with the circuit.

Actually the only drawback I have with the circuit as it is now is that the resistor in the shunt limits the current output of the circuit so my cell phone does not charge very fast. My calculations show it would take 4 hours to charge the phone (around 200ma)... But that's another day :)

July 25, 09

August, 21

8pm

After eating at unos pizza (yum) ron went to hotel and I stopped at starbucks next to hotel...

Walking between *bucks and the hotel.... It started to rain pretty hard.. Then CRASH goes a bolt of lightning.... And I nearly tossed the coffee as I sprinted to the hotel!

Not sure if someone got hurt but an ambulence just left from outside the hotel a moment ago...

Pics from today follow... Going to sip what is left of my coffee and turn in...
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August, 21

5:50pm....

Finished in city of dover nh... First border crossed.

Bike assembly went easy... Though was ding so in the sun. No hassles from airport and both bikes arrived perfecto... No signs tsa had to open them either.

Biked like 10miles and stopped for lunch at a siecar-diner... Service a bit slow but the food was tasty.

At lunch I was peering at the gps and the time and realized we could detour and take quieter roads.. Turned out to be a real treat as lots of the side roads had fresh pavement and almost no traffic. Though hiller than main roads. Ron started to drop back and thought he was bonking but at next stop we found his rear brake was sticking... So he says ;)

Very plesant day... Just took shower and ready to find dinner...

Ride stats for today:
57.84miles
2465feet total climbing
Highest point 609feet
Moving time 4hrs
Ave moving speed 14.5mph
Not sure total time... 5hrs?

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Sept 4

Today we rode the last part of the blueridge from pisgah lodge to cherokee... During that section we climbed to the highest point on the parkway and also had some of the best downhills (esp going into cherokee)... We went through 4 tunnels... All fairly short but 3 were on steep downhills so we left our taillights on... I eventually just left my headlights on as well...

The section is sparce for food and water so we chowed down on breakfast.. Bought bars and snacks... And filled up 3 bottles each...

We had a plan to stop at a closed lunch stop 1 mile from balsom gap where the lady said they would be closed but we could use a hose outside... Well ok...

Change of plan.. We we well into our water as we climbed up from devils courthouse/beech gap up to the highest point on the parkway (richard balsom point)... We stopped at the top to take a pic at the marker... There were several other ppl around so ron took the initiative as I took group fotos to ask if we could beg some water. Sure enough a couple offered up two bottles! We were set to drop to the bottom (balsom gap) and cimb up to theranger station on waterrock knob.

As we were descending I saw a group at a stop eating lunch at a roadside table.... I started to think... Hmmm ron begged for water... I wonder if I could beg for lunch... Nah... Ron saw me slowing and asked if that was what I was thinking...har!

Anyway we bombed down to balsom gap... Took a break and climbed to the station... We took a break there before dropping down into cherokee..

Bye bye parkway! Now on to anderson sc and back to riding on the open roads... Sigh...

Stats
Total miles 67.7
Total time 7:27
Moving time 5:24
Moving ave 12mph
Total climbing 7108 feet
Highest point 6062feet(but wait the parkway high point is only 6053feet)

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August, 25

And here is what happened today!

Things started off good... Joan fixed a nice breakfast of eggs sausage and toasted bagles coffee and juice... Yum!

And then we left and made our way t the gw bridge... My route was very quiet and things looked perfect but then...

Ok so the first problem was when we got to the south side of the bridge and found the south ped/bike crossing was closed... Bummer because the south side doesn't use stairs on the ny side... Ok how do I get to the north side... Um hey another biker showed and said "follow me"... So we went with a huff to keep up and get to the north side..

Argh... Stairs... A 50pound bike and tall skinny stairs are not fun... Esp going up... Sure there are those tracks to put ur tires into but then try pushing 50pounds uphill!

Ok on the bridge... Go half way... Take some pics and bike to the nj side... Argh more steps... Down and up and down... And steep... Going up I almost slipped and nearly went backwards bike and all... Fortunatly not..

Now that im on the north side instead of the south side... Im confused and so is the gps... Eventually I figure it out and with ron paitently folowing me while I explain the new route to the gps...we get underway...

Ron was impressed when the gps started acting right again because we started riding a ziggy pattern which kept us on lots of residential streets....

But then things started to go wrong.... Very wrong... We eventually ran into construction on us1 and we missed some turns.... We couldn't get onto the route 7 bridge so we then found ourselves on truck-route us1 yikes!

So then we saw a sign.... us1 truck route... us1 no trucks... Ok which would u pick... Of course the non truck one.... Well u would be wrong... That turned out to be the general polaski skyway... It was packed with fast moving cars... And no shoulder... Ron said he was very afraid... I wasn't happy to be there but figured we were there so get to other sde and get off!

Ok but then the jersey cop showed up and forced us off and onto the island between the hackinsack and passaic rivers...

Though now(just looked) we could go north several miles and perhaps get by the train yard and onto route 7, I didn't see that but instead I saw the us1 truck route bridge which btw the cop told me @that@ was the bridge I was suppose to cross on... Wrong answer!

He was sooooo wrong to tell us to cross the truck route bridge... No shoulder no sidewalk...well actually it had one but there was no way to get to it and even if u jumped the wall the walk was covered with tree sized weeds... Impassable... So

The only choice was on the road... And I had to ride very aggressive to do it safe... At one point I turned around to see... A semi truck getting ready to pass me w another truck on the other side... I whipped my arm into a gesture of @no!!!!@ and he slammed on the brakes... Ok now I know I will ride safe to the other end..
I pull over after the bridge to wait for ron.. Who showes up ghostly white... I think he was very worried (rightly so)...

Well that is done and the last time I will try that!

Going through the rest of jersey was basically a case of how slow and how many lights can u stop at.... We were averaging about 10mph for 30miles... Yuck.

We had to nearly get within 10miles of the pensilvankia border before things got better... We eventually started getting into a good pace again

At the deleware river @frenchtown we found a flat metal bridge with a sidewalk... We thought .ot to ride the bridge (it had no bikes signs too) so we hopped onto the sidewalk... My gears mis shifted so I had to stop but ron kept going... A burley official dude jumps out of a shack next to me and starts yelling at ron to walk his bike... I had to play nice because he was right next to me... Ron decided to play nice too.... G boy ron .. I walked onto the bridge and was very tempted to ge onto my bike and ride away...

On the pen side we followed the gps which said... "see that tall hill... Go up that hill..." ron was so impressed we stopped to take pics.... Then we approached and found a covered bridge built in the early 1800! More pics.... Then through the bridge and up the hill... At first not bad but then it turned the corner and went straight up! This was around a 16% grade for nearly a mile!.... I was in the granny(30t) and the rear was in the largest cog (32t) and by 2/3rd of the way up I was breating so hard that I started to hack and cough... Yikes this is a serious hill...

After that the road wided a bit and leveled to something reasonable... And we slowed and recovered... Several miles from there we were still riding in canopy covered roads...
Eventually we ended up on te major routes into quakertown and made haste to the hotel... Jumped into the pool... Very nice!

No food nearby so got a delivery... Nothing great... Lasanga not bad...

Here are the stats for today:
Max distance: 103.2
Max time 11hrs
Moving time 8:06
Moving ave 12.7mph
Total climbing 5328feet
Highest point 623feet

Sept 10

lake city fl to rons house (south of gainesville)

Again a flat day... A short day... And thelast day!

Basically a straight shot down 441 until us27 and then over to some side roads to rons house....

us27 was very nice in this area and in spots had canopy trees and such...

Ride done!
Stats
Total miles 73.4
Total time 4:54
Moving time 4:16
Moving ave 17.2mph
Total climbing 1107 feet
Highest point 196 feet
Final elevation 103feet
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August 20, 09

OK packed and repacked...

DONE ready to go!

10PM... Time to turn in so I will be well rested for my 6AM flight....

Tomorrow I will be biking out of the Portland Maine Int Airport with only what I can carry...

See ya back home in 20 days!!

August, 22

Well we are done with day 2.

We left @6am then went to mcdonalds for breakfast.

The day was fantastic... We started out on several quiet roads but then got on to some busier stuff... However all through newhampshire (for the most part) the busy roads have 14foot shoulders!

Border crossing! When we crossed into massachusetts the borders dissapearded :( however the woods appeared so it was a wash. Eventually we left the hw for something that was like riding a forest road... Very cool and some steep bits. It was the new high point @614feet but it was broken just before we got to the hotel.

The steep bits started workin me and my left leg wasn't happy for parts of the day... Felt like I slept wrong... Massaging helps so we will just have to see how it goes..

Because of the chance of sever stormes today we kept the breaks fairly short... Lunch was a really nice tasting wrap of chicken salad and walnuts and cranberries and lettuce...

We did hit some rain with (what was suppose to be) 15 miles to go... It was heavy but brief... No biggie...

So when we get to worchester to go to the holiday inn express... We find abandon motel buildings instead... We soon discover the only hotels are expensive ones in downtown.... So I call hd-inn and ask for the nearest express which is in auburn about 8miles south of downtown...

That is where we are. There is a recommended pub nearby and that will be diner. Btw got out of the hot tub and the leg feels a bit better... Still plan to take it easy tomorrow...

Now time to kick back a few hours b4 dinner...

(oh the fuzzy pic of a steeple is trying to show the boat on the top as the weather vane!)

Stats:
Total miles 106 (supppse to be 93)
Total climbing 4386feet
Highest point 672
Moving ave 14.8mph
Moving time 7:10
Total time 8:42

August 31

Peaks of the otter to fancy gap cabins
This was a loooong day.
First breakfast wasn't open until 7:30... So we didn't start until 8:30...

Next there were not many food stops on the parkway... We had to leave th parkway @ 25miles t drop down to a gas station for water and snacks (that was on the outskirts of roanoke)

Next we had a 2000 foot climb leaving the roanoke area and part way up we ran into road construction so we had to wait a looong time to get through...

We had bought snacks because the next food stop was like 80ish miles into the ride... We stopped to nibble on snacks @ the half way point (60ish miles)

Lunch was @ maubry mill? Which is a historic site of an old mill the park service restored.... Next to it the park built a small restaurant and we went in to get... You guessed it... More double cheese burgers..

Well... After lunch we plowed along... Saw about 3 deer and then we saw a field where in one corner there were a whole bunch of turkeys... Maybe 15 of them!

Wildlife spotting count:
1 black bear
16ish turkeys (probably a lot more as we saw a bunch of birds across a field that looked to be turkeys)
2 @large@ hawks(not sure of breed)
1 otter
Several ducks (1@peaks of the otter 6 @maubry mill)
15+ deer..(ive offically lost count)

Oh... I forgot... In the morning we caught up with like 8 ppl on bikes from france who were riding the parkway... They had two rvs running support... We saw the rvs from time to time after we left the cyclist... They were stopping in roanoke while we kept going...

Now we are sitting in hillsville at tonys pizza (really good) with a car loaned to us by the owner of fancy gap cabins where we are spending the night..

Fgc is like a koa cabin kinda thing.. Cheap 55 bucks... Just a bed and a fold out fouton... Outside shower/restrooms and such... With rv parking behind the cabins..

Ok time to go buy some food for breakfast get the car back and go to sleep!

Stats
Distance 120.8miles.
Total time: 10hrs
Moving time 8:45
Moving ave 13.2mph
Total climbing 10483feet
Max elevation 3485 feet
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Sept 5

Cherokee to asheville...

We had a killer climb about 30miles out... Cherokee was 1800 feet so we went up to 3800 feet before we started a nice slow decent the rest of the day to end at 900 feet!

Our average speed kept climbing as we felt better and better as the roads flattened out...

Not a lot of pictures or other info today.... Just to say it was a fun bunch of bikin @after@ the killer climb was over!

Stats
Total miles 112.9
Total time 9:18
Moving time 7:21
Moving ave 15.5mph
Total climbing 6542 feet
Highest point 3867feet
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August, 24

Ok here is what happened... Yesterday :)

We left waterbery ct for manhattan to my sister's place... It wasn't as magical as the 23rd but it was close. We did ride several small roads including the road that followed the river in the pictures of the girder steel bridge in the pictures.

For lunch we stopped at a roadside icecream/hamburger/hotdog stand that had a nice shady place to sit... Got a lady to take the pic of both if us next to the wooden fence.

After that we headed into "the city" via hw 9 but first we stopped in sleepy hollow for a rest in the shade. The rout into yonkers was actually nice but once in south yonkers and out speed dropped to 10mph... It still wasn't bad and soon we were on the island and at joans place... Hal let us in and we took showers and then went down to 66th st to the one life to live set to watxh it live for a bit and then go out to dinner with joan, hal, and dave a friend who works security at oltl and is also an avid biker (i had met dave before and forgot to ask where we met... Anyway...)... For some reason during all the food drink and good conversation I completely forgot to take a picture of the group! Maybe joan can send some good picks to add to here...

We went back to joans place and washed/dried clothes and settled down for sleep... Even though ron was snoring... I soon fell asleep... Ah the miles are making that easy!

Stats:
Will have to wait... Saved in log and cleard main screen of gps...
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Sept 1

Today was brutal. It started out so wonderful.. It was nippy cold but warming as the sun came out... However as noon approached the cluds moved in and the temps dropped.

Lunch was at a small caf� on the parkway and after lunch I started to feel cold and never warmed up properly the rest of the day... Downhills were esp brutal...

Also to make things worse we ran into the only two road closures on the parkway. The first stuck us onto hw 221 which though busy and narrow... The road was flat so we could click out the miles fast and get back to the parkway... The second one dumped us onto a small road into boone nc. School had just let out so we were dealing with school buses on a windy road.. Fortunatly it had a section w a nice downhill so we could outrun the bus into town. However we then got put onto 331 which was a busy 4 lane w no shoulder. We were on it for about 6miles... We stopped at the first gas station out of town (2 miles to get back on parkway)... My ears werfe hurting from the noise from the cars! Cars! After so many days without lots of cars... Yeaow!... After the break we got back on the parkway.

Following all of the cold near rain and cloudy mist we were riding in... I just wanted the ride to end.... Eventually we got off of the parkway and waaaayyyy down 221 to Al's house/cabin...

Al was the shining part of the day... A very gracious host... Served lots of coffee wine and beer... We ate lasgnia for dinner with chocolate cake and icecream for desert.

A nice cozy bed in a room of my own and a early lights out without listening to ron snore.. I was in dream land quick!

Stats
Total miles 114.5
Total time 10:02
Moving time 8:58
Moving ave 12.8mph
Total climbing 9903 feet
Highest point 4429feet

Sept 3

The take it real easy day...

After all of the climbing yesterday and realizing that
A) asheville to cherokee has more climbing
B) there is less water opportunities and little food after pisgah lodge

Therefore we decided to take it easy and just bike from asheville to pisgah lodge and spend the night at the lodge and then punch through a tough 65mile ride to cherokee...

The ride was only 30miles but in that 30miles we climbed 4100 feet! We stopped a few times for pictures and just to take a break because it was to be a short day.

On this section we passed through several tunels including the longest one that is approx 1000 feet... For the tunnels we couldn't easily see the other end (either it had a turn in it or it was fairly long) we would stop and turn on our lights.

Eventually we did the last steep 1000 feet up to the lodge... Checked in and cleaned up and went to lunch...

Now just walking around looking and feeling like we are really on vacation. for about an hour wating for lunch I felt very strange... What im not biking anymore today? My legs asked... Then they asked why are we stopping.... It was a very odd sensation.

Stats
Total miles 28.1
Total time 3:30
Moving time 2:55
Moving ave 9.6mph
Total climbing 4106 feet
Highest point 4983feet
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Sept 2

Today was a good day... I thought it was going to be miserable with cold overcast or rain... But the front came through and it was cold but clear... The sun provided heat when we came out of the shaded areas..

Eventually we stopped on a steep climb to eat some delicious chocolate cake that al had packed for us... Very yum! I was starting to feel better.

We knew today was the second toughest... The toughest was to come... After another climb we took another break. This was at little switzerland... A small town just off of the parkway.

I bought some drinks and a postcard... I had some peanutbutter fudge from a prev day. Well that did the trick... I was feeling realy good.

As the hills started to come up I was manageing them quite well... Ron was doing his riding my wheel.... Fading back very slowly... Then standing up and catching back up... Everything was fireing... So I though... After some more climbes we eventually stopped at crabtree medows for lunch (they had hotdogs or coldcuts)... We both got chilly dogs and started out again... The dog was terific!

Now I was holding a steady pace up the hills as we broke 4000 then 5000 and on our way up to the highest point of the day... During these ups and downs and so on... I was holding steady around 7 to 8 mph and ron was doing his sitting standing thing... But.... As the climbing went on ron would stand and climb back up to me... And as son as he sat down he would start to fad back.... But he was doing this too quick... The hills were taking their toll on poor ron..

Eventually I hit a spot going up to craggy rock and no ron... We I told him earlier if we separate to wait at the top for the other... I went another mile to the top and stopped. A few minutes later he was clawing his way up to the top... It was his bad day for sure. Actually I probably had the local-knowledge advantage on this day with havningdone several of these climbs as part of assault on mt mitchell ride.

Anyway after the craggy rock stop wehad several awesome downhills into asheville. There was road construction but it turns out the downhill/southbound was finished so we glided most of the way home on fresh pavement!

Got to the hotel and caled my dad took shower when with dad ron and stephen to downtown to look at the grove arcadia(shopping mall) and then to diner at a sorta greek restaurant.

Great day... Rons legs were sore but he still enjoyed the day...

Stats
Total miles 85.1
Total time 8:32
Moving time 6:51
Moving ave 12.4mph
Total climbing 8055 feet
Highest point 5682feet
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August 16, 09

Rode my last distance training ride... With some Weston Flyers guys around Lake O... 116 miles. used the Litespeed.

Also started taking the Airborne bike apart and test fitting it into the cardboard box I made from a Trek Madonne shipping box.

Here are pictures of the bike BEFORE taking it apart and the pile of parts sitting in the box...

August, 27

Today was a short day... Under 70 miles...

We got up slow and headed out late... First off we rode south through the gettysburg battlefield park... We looked mostly at the union lines... It is amazing to think how many fought and died for the ideals we live with today.

After gettesburg we headed south west toward shepherdstown/harpers-ferry to see a friend I grew up with. During the ride between gettesburg and sharpsburg (antietam) we rode through many rolling hills of farmland with small short 14% grades... Eventually we broke through into more rolling country but we were pouring with sweat and starting to run out of water with no place in site for another 10miles!

We hit a nice long gradual downhill that cooled us as the sweat dried... Shortly after that we came to a crossroads called wolfsville and there was only one small business that had just opened!...

The pizza was home made for us... A 16inch pie that we finished in 30mins... Yum!

We headed out from there to sharpsburg. Once in town we hooked around to antietam nat bf to find the monument. We again paid homage to those who fought and died before heading to my long time friend's house.

We found miked house around 4:30... A very smart looking farmhouse built around 1902... I was very impressed with the condition. Mike and jenn welcomed us and we quickly felt at home. After taking showers and eating some snacks and chatting, we walked around the back yard in the cool evening air. Mike picked some fresh veggies to cook for dinner and started on the grill cooking some turkey burgers... Burgers were mighty tasty.

Actually before dinner ron had discovered the front porch swing and I later found a rocking chair.. A light bit of rain had moved in (of course.. Mike was grillling:) but it still didn't block a pretty neat sunset (sun with interleaved clouds)

With the meal done and a coconut frozen bar for desert... We then chatted several more hours... Ron whimped out and went to bed @9 while we others talked for another hour plus...

Finally we all turned in... Tomorrow is a short day but ron and I will still have to scoot before mid day... Plus we may have some rain so we may want to leave early just in case...

Anyway I really enjoyed seeing mike ad jenn and very happy to se them doing well... Going to have to make a trip up here with juliet..

Ah well time to turn in... I will post pics from today later after I get some sleep

Also Will post stats later too...
For now it was approx 66miles
Total time was around 8hrs (spent a long time in the parks)
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August 18, 09

Starting final round of packing.

Some equipment changes:
* Brooks saddle is gone... After some 2000 miles on the Brooks Swift including 770 miles in 84 hours... It just was never just right... So back to a Performance brand saddle that instantly felt better.
* Changed gears from a 13,14,15,17,19,21,24,27,30 rear cassette to a 14,16,18,21,24,26,28,30,32... And running a 52x39x30 crank. The 13x30 is what I ran on the 770 mile Shenandoah 1200k but the bike was only 26 pounds. Now that it is 45 pounds I think having a bunch of low gears that are closer spaced will help me find a comfortable cadence on the long climbs in the blue ridge. Plus a 52x14 still gives me a good max pace in the high 20s to low 30mph ranges

Now I am doing the final box packing. The bike went in fine but there were some weak places where the wheels were touching the outside of the box... I got some dense-cell foam pads and cut and taped them as reenforcements on these spots inside the box.

Should have it tucked away nicely by bedtime :)

August, 30

Waynesborough to peaks of the otter...

Shortly after starting the bluridge parkway we saw a black bear! We didn't get to snap a pic .. It was approx 4 feet from head to tail...

Anyway the rest of the day was filled with wonderous views.. Many deer sightings and of course lots of climbing!

We hit the lowest spot on the parkway @650 feet and the highest in virginia @3680 feet (they were within 15 miles and we started at the low end @ouch@)

After taking a break near the top we found from a passing cyclist that we had a nice downhill to the cabins.

When we got to the cabins we were flabergasted... These were excellent wooded cabins with a 1950s flair... Very cosy... The buffet had plenty of food but was a bit stale... Still good enough that I ate two full plates and downed a black and tan. The backdrop of the cone mountain behind the lake with otter swimming is mysticle!

Peaks of the otter lodge is neat!

Stats
Distance 91.5miles.
Total time: 10hrs
Moving time 7:37
Moving ave 12mph
Total climbing 9158 feet
Max elevation 3939 feet
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August, 24

Well I thought this would be an easier day because it was shorter @ 88 miles. I guess if it wasn't for the hills.

Im in new york city.. Sitting in the back of the one life to live set...

Ill try to post more later...
Til then...
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August, 29

First mountain stage

We climbed out of frnt royal to skyline drive. A slow climb which started 2miles from the hotel. It went up from 600 feet to 2400 feet at around an 8percent grade before leveling off...

During the climb we saw the first deer... A foe bambie eating by the road... I rode past it and it just watched me as it chewed on some leaves..

We would see some 5 or 6 more deer of which I got a pic of two bucks...

Skyline has several park centers and we stopped at each of them.. The first was just a store and we just got snacks and water...

The second, skyland, is at the highest point along the route.. Has a huge restaurant and a lodge and such... The bike up to skyland was fairly steep with peaks up to 10percent... It took us some time but we stopped taking lots of pics to try to make up time... We had lunch @ skyline...

We went to he next place only 10 miles from skyland and just topped off the bottles... 22miles later and a lot easier as there were more downhills... We hit the last store... Then we only had 30miles to the hotel.

Although slow... We actually made good time... The pictures slowed us a bunch but we increased our ave pace by 2mph once we buckled down and just rode!

Tomorrow we will be stayin in the "peaks of the otter lodge"... They say there is no phone service so u won't get an update until the next day or if I ca sit on the main road b4 I go into the grounds...

Here is the link to peaks of otter... Check the lunch/dinner buffet!

http://www.peaksofotter.com/

Stats
Distance 112.9miles.
Total time: 10:28
Moving time 9:11
Moving ave 12.3mph
Total climbing 10076 feet
Max elevation 3704 feet
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