"That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a little ride..."

Welcome to my blog! From December 06 to August 07 I intend to devote this space to discussing the trials and tribulations of preparing for and completing a cross-country fundraising bicycle extravaganza. For those who are new to my blog, I am riding my bicycle from New Haven, CT to San Francisco California during the summer of 2007. This is part of the Habitat Bicycle Challenge and about 90 other intrepid young souls will be joining me in this endeavor. Each rider will raise $4000 before May 30, 2007, and provided that all the money is raised, we will ride from New Haven, CT across the country to three different destinations: San Francisco, CA, Portland, OR, and Seattle, WA. All the proceeds go towards the construction of houses for low-income families.

Sunday, June 3, 2007

Bear Mountain

Day two: Ridgefield, CT to Monroe, NY

C-Siggies be proud of me, I climbed Bear Mountain in the middle of a 45 mile ride from Ridgefield to Monroe! We did it at about 6 mph. It was tough, and shook my confidence of how I will handle the Rockies, but we'll hit those seven weeks from now and I will worry about them then.

We also crossed our first state line today. There are some wonderful pictures of a group of us standing in front of the "Welcome to New York" sign in South Salem (Sara Whiting's hometown!) with pants down and bottoms up so to speak (I'm not sure if those will ever enter the public domain) as well as some standard victory shots. Later, we learned that the ground around said sign was completely covered in poison ivy, which has sent me into hypchondriatic fits of itching around my ankles. No bumps or oozing yet.

Thank you also to the First Presbyterian Church who hosted us for dinner tonight and Bob and Marian Mahran who graciously invited Lisa, Morgan, and I into their home (and guest beds!) for the evening. This gesture of kindness to a complete stranger will certainly not go unforgotten as well as the example set by their daughter Jen the world traveler and charity entrepreneur.

Miscellaneous thoughts: Squirrels will jump out in front of a bicycle as easily as they will dart in front of a car. Maximum speed today: 36 mph.
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