"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.

Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Day Three: Monroe, NY to Port Jervis, NY

Welcome to riding in the rain. An instant tuturial in keeping warm and safe while travelling along at 15 mph. During training, whenever it rained I simply went to the gym and rode the exercise bike in a dry, climate controlled facility. Unfortunately, one does not have that option when you must get to your destination for the day.

Unlike yesterday's ride there are no "major" mountains between Monroe and Port Jervis. Granted all of the Northeast us generally hilly so our ride along US 6 did include some hills but nothing like Bear Mountain.

One thing I did really appreciate about our ride today was the breaks. We stopped for ice cream at the Firehouse Deli and Ice Cream Shop just off Route 84 on US 6. We sat on plastic patio furniture inside the glorified convenience store and enjoyed massife portions of Hershey's ice cream. $2.25 gets you about three times as much ice cream in Greenville, NY then in Northampton, MA.

Maximum speed 33.5mph.
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