We started the day with a buffet from the hotel. Where we all had lots of hot chocolate and cereal. We then went off to New London which took us longer than expected due to all of the hills on our route. Once in New London we had lunch then explored the area before going […]
Wow. Wow. Wow. Today was a rejuvenating rest day in Albany! We started out our day by having a nice warm breakfast at the hotel buffet, next we went to the NYS Museum where we saw rocks, big bones, fire trucks, and more! The group decided to split up and explore the city in smaller […]
We woke up this morning and hung out by the library until the ferry left. After the ferry we looked for a bike shop to fix my back wheel which tire exploded for no reason the night before. After that we had lunch. Then we started riding but stopped after five miles to swim in the […]
Today was an amazingly short and sweet day. We woke up early in the morning and were excited to get to Albany. We got ready quickly and were on our way. We were in fine timing, however we made a long stop and then stopped for lunch so ended up getting to the hotel around […]
This was the longest day so far. Alex falsely told us it was gonna be 32 miles which turned into 50 grueling, windy and ultimately beautiful hills with the strawberry red sun peaking through the New York mountains. Starting with 2 flat tires and the dewey smell of the woods. Riding up to Bard College […]
We woke up at 7:30 and made breakfast at our campsite. Big Max and I discussed a route for our century (100 miles). Then we did the route at a slow pace to learn it. Then, we did the 17 mile route twice more and went to the grocery store for lunch. I ate a […]
We woke up in our hotel room at 5am. We then ate a quick hotel breakfast and got started on our 35 mile trek to the ferry. We only had a couple hours to bike or we would miss our ferry. So we pushed hard through the very hilly riverside towns. We were hit by […]
The views were breathtaking today. The hotel was refreshing and about half the kids did laundry. Some kids went swimming in the pool and everyone enjoyed an amazing shower. The beds and A/C was a change of pace from camping. We woke up pretty early around 6 am to get a good head-start before the […]
Today was a long day! We woke up at 6:30 am and hit the road around 8:30. Once we hit the road we were making good pace. However as these long treks start off, bike problems will occur… Started the morning with fixing Ben’s brakes. We started off navigating along the Hudson River and seeing […]