Today’s Miles: 41
Total: 1,885
It seems that these Sundays just keep rolling around
rather quickly. There were a bunch of
churches that had 9:30 services around the bed & breakfast that we stayed
at last night, so I picked one right across the street and went to it. It was kind of a non-denominational church
and they were very welcoming. I think I
was close to the youngest person here.
They had this lady come that travels around to many different churches
and performs these personifications of women in the Old and New
Testaments. She did Ester of the Old
Testament and it was really good. She
dresses in character and talks 1st person and I learned a lot about
Ester. They had a pot luck brunch after
and invited me, but I felt I better hit the road. I told them I was LDS and they told me about
Joseph Smith’s birthplace that was really close and a few details about the
place. I was already planning on going
there, but thought it was neat that they would let me know.
Ester at church.
I did ride to the Joseph Smith Memorial. It was up quite a hill. I ditched my panniers and hid them behind a
building and then made the climb, but still!!
We were thinking of camping at Camp Joseph up there. That would have killed us with our
panniers. It was a great experience to
be there and I am glad I was able to go.
Great spirit there and enjoyed seeing the rock foundation where the
house was and the monument that was erected in 1905. The downhill was great except I had to brake
so much.
The foundation of the home Joseph Smith was born into.
The rest of the day was a nice ride. Again riding by rivers and streams and
beautiful hills. We did ride through
some covered bridges today. That was a
first. Quite a bit of climbing
today. Some of these climbs are steep!! Our last climb today was actually nice. It was a decent climb, but the grade was good.
That makes all the difference. Hoping in
the next few days we see more good engineered grades. I am sounding pretty pathetic, I know.
New State, New Hampshire!!
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