This morning our ‘Leader of the Day’ woke us up, we got out of our dew-covered tents to eat cereal with almond milk, packed up our gear and left the campsite. Our ‘Points’ led the way as we biked through the hills and over a mountain towards our first stop: the grocery store. After buying […]
With NYC in site, we woke from our trail side campground this morning ready to tackle 69 of our 169 miles left until Manhattan. It was a rough start on a very gravelly trail with lots of incline, causing our tires to skid a lot. We decided to reroute after a morning stop for coffee […]
This morning we met half our trekkers bright and early at Bryant Park in NYC! We headed to Grand Central after saying goodbye to families and took the train with our bikes and gear to Irvington Station where we met up with the other half of the group. We got to know each other over […]
Today we woke up in a beautiful Chenango Valley State Park and ate our staple breakfast: oatmeal and Nutella sandwiches. After looking at the map, we realized it was going to be our hilliest day yet, but all of us were in good spirits and ready for the challenge. Later that day, we stopped at […]
Today, we biked 26 miles, with some small issues, which were all resolved. We had breakfast at a café, where we ate bagels some nice and breakfast sandwiches. We then went to the D&R trail, where the majority of the biking happened. We took a nice lunch break at a farm house/shop, where we bought […]
We woke up in the morning and and learned that Otto and Paulotta had caught a mysterious stomach bug, and they had stayed up the whole night not feeling great. Jaya, Sasha, Lachlan, Roman and Jack all slept well. Jasper had gotten very little sleep because he stayed up with them for emotional support, and […]
The perky D&R Trekkers and their 2 Trip Leaders met in Manhattan early this morning to begin their 6 day journey along the off-road trail that follows the Raritan Canal and Delaware Canal. After a PATH train ride to New Brunswick, NJ, the Trekkers will bike through Rutgers University, Princeton, Trenton, the site of Washington […]
In what quite possibly marks the best day of the trip so far, the 1,000 Mile crew had a fun-filled rest day in Ithaca from start to finish. It started with an early morning hike at Treman State Park to see the stunning Lucifer Waterfall, followed by a swim in the ice cold water beneath […]
Today we started off a bit more lazy than usual, but things started to pick up once we hit the road. After biking for a while we stopped at a park for a snack while Denney Peter and Ben played wiffle ball. We rode a little longer to get to lunch—feeling inspired by Sonia’s perseverance, […]
Today we had the pleasure of biking in-between the scenic finger lakes, following Seneca Lake to Cayuga Lake. We saw many farms, horse-drawn buggies, rolling blue hills in the background and the slated rocks of the gorges breaking into the blue water. We stopped for a swim in Lake Seneca and it was so cool […]