Today’s Miles: 29
Total: 1,561
We had a nice surprise today. We had written on our planning sheets that
today would be a 51 mile ride and it turned out, as you can see, only 29
miles. I don’t know how we got things
messed up, but a nice surprise.
We have left the lakes behind. Lake Ontario is the last of the Great Lakes
that we will see. We had a pretty steady
climb today heading toward the Appalachian Mountains. It was up and down, but we gained about 1,300
feet today. It was a good climb in that
there were not that many downhills and the elevation gained remained a gain, if
you know what I mean.
I saw the funniest thing today. We were climbing a hill and going rather slow
in doing it, but we passed this kid, maybe 7 or 8, that looked like he had been
playing in the mud. He was covered in
mud or moss or something and was buck naked.
He was holding up this big frog and said to me as I passed, “I caught a
frog!”. I said back to him, “You caught
a frog?”, and then his sister comes out and yells at him to get in the
house. Anyway, it was funny how proud he
was of his catch. He probably stripped
and headed into the creek by his house and had the time of his life.
Wish I had a picture!!
We also passed this river with people standing shoulder
to shoulder fishing for the returning salmon.
It looked crazy. It looked like a
good way to get a hook in the back of your head as others were casting.
I think you can see all the fishermen in this photo.
Since we had a short day, we did stop and do
laundry. I was in deep need of it, so
that was a good thing to do with our new found time. We also planned the days left in our trip so
that we could look into return tickets home. Kind of weird to be planning and
knowing the trip is coming to an end. I
do think I am ready. Miss my Carey Ann.
We have been seeing Amish since the start of this trip. Yesterday I saw a farmer planting fall wheat with his horse team. Kind of neat.
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