We woke up at our campsite on Block Island at 5:30 AM to pouring rain, so we slept in a little longer to wait it out. By 7 am the rain paused, so we packed up our tents and ate some oatmeal. We had a couple of hours on the island for some morning activities before our ferry left. We stopped at a famous donut stand and each had a warm cinnamon doughnut and coffee (Ben has now joined the leaders in having a cup of black coffee each morning, we told him it’s his first step into manhood.) After, we went to the Block Island Marine Institute and looked at local marine animals in tanks, and learned about challenges within the local ecosystem. Also, a woman tagging horseshoe crabs was there and she gave us a lot of information about these crabs and how they are used in the medical industry for testing vaccines, and because of that they are considered endangered. We missed some heavy rainfall by being inside the marine institute, but had to brave the wet weather as we biked to our ferry. We dried off on our ride to Point Judith and got to know two older woman sitting next to us from Pennsylvania who have been traveling together since they were kids. They were excited to hear about what we were doing. We pulled into Point Judith and saw lots of fishing boats and seals. The rain had stopped and we biked about 10 miles before stopping at the well-known, Bluebird Cafe in Wakefield to wait out an afternoon storm and eat catfish sandwiches. Finally the rain was behind us, so we continued another 30 miles to Mystic, CT. Everyone was excited to get to the hotel and have a shower and comfy bed for the night. The ride to Mystic was beautiful, lined with lush trees, passing ponds and river, with some rolling hills along the way. We checked into the hotel, took showers, took the gear off our bikes and biked into the historic downtown Mystic for dinner. We first had a slice of pizza at the famous Mystic Pizza, just to see what all the buzz was about. That’s where we met a friendly dog named Ty, and his mom who was also a bike tourist. We shared stories and took a picture with Ty for his Instagram page. Following a locals recommendation, we headed out to Sea Swirl to get some fried seafood, but we were stopped by an iconic draw bridge that was countered by two 230 ton cement blocks. Quite the visual. We ate fish tacos at Sea Swirl but everyone was still a bit hungry, so we biked back to town and got ice cream and walked around the bustling boardwalk full of shops and nightlife. We met many people, dogs and had many laughs along the way. We finally realized we were very tired and biked back to the hotel for a cozy night of sleep. Tomorrow we will go to the Mystic Seaport Museum and then bike to East Lyme, CT for another camping night.