Today is the 100th day I have ridden the bike on this trip. 100 Hundred Days! That sounds a little crazy when I say it out loud, even to me.
I took off this morning without breakfast. I wanted to get to North Woodstock at an early time of the day so I skipped it today. Probably a mistake but off I went anyway.
After riding 9 miles, I crossed the Connecticut River into New Hampshire.
The road I rode on after crossing did not give a very good initial impression of New Hampshire roads. It was a county road that was very rough and turned to gravel and dirt after a while.
After following the Connecticut River north for about 10 miles I turned east again and followed the White River.
I followed the White River for a long time until I began another climb into the beginning of the White Mountains. It wasn’t a bad climb at all, but I had not eaten enough and I was starting to feel the effects of that decision. I had to pull over at one point to regroup. Fortunately the top of the climb was not far away from that point. Then all that was left for the day was a quick descent down to North Woodstock and I got there around 2:30.
In North Woodstock, my old roommate and co- house owner in Simi Valley, CA Al Lewis came and picked me up. He and his wife Myrtle has recently moved to Thornton, New Hampshire and I was going to visit with them for a day.
It was so good to see them and I completely understand why they moved to New England. They live in a really nice place in the world and built a wonderful house.
It is supposed to rain tomorrow so we agreed that it would a good idea to spend the next day as a rest day. And I got to visit an extra day. AND, I could rest an extra day before tackling the last major climb of the trip too.
Oh my goodness! How great to see you all together! Didn’t know that they had moved there.