tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18699504705498279702023-11-15T22:05:53.976-08:00Polly and Mimi's Antiques RoadshowPollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09960519214899416749noreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1869950470549827970.post-72194228104206573122012-08-28T13:07:00.001-07:002012-08-28T13:14:50.290-07:00Polly's Manchester to Portsmouth - Day 50At last, Wallis Sands Beach and day 50 done! Although there was no police escort it felt pretty great to see Dennis, my friends from the ride, Deb and Bob, along with my long time friend Taffy and her grand daughter, Katherine holding a great Pacific to Atlantic sign, all waiting for me. My dear friend Penny, wife of my friend and riding companion of the last three days, Bruns, arrived a few minutes after us with a gorgeous bouquet of flowers. Everyone was taking pictures and I felt as close to a celebrity as I ever will. <br />
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The day was a relatively easy ride so Dennis, Bruns and I had breakfast at the famous Red Arrow Diner in Manchester before heading off. Bruns sat in the very same seat that Ty Pennington! (Remind me, who is he?) Dennis and my seats were un-labeled, oh well. <br />
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After breakfast Dennis took our stuff and Bruns and I enjoyed the perfect weather and the last of the gorgeous deciduous forests, winding NH back roads and small ponds, before heading down Sea St. in Rye toward the Atlantic. We headed early to Ocean Ave. that follows the coast all the way to Wallis Sands State Park, which meant we got to enjoy the seashore from a bike for a little longer than my fellow ABB riders who detoured to the Rye High School. <br />
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Just seeing the ocean and having Bruns pull over and give me the lead, choked me up as the enormity of the whole adventure and the relief of reaching the coast washed over me - wow, the end of the road and my roughly 3,700 mile ride across the US was almost over. <br />
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The beach was crowded with people, but I took my bike and headed down for the ceremonial wheel dip wearing my ABB shirt in honor of all my ABB pals. As we approached the water a woman came running over saying, "What happened to you? You're three weeks late!" She had been there when everyone else came through and wondered why I was so slow - I told her I had a lot of flats and was really a slow rider!<br />
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I missed Mimi and being part of the ABB group arrival, but I am so happy I went to Triona's wedding and still got to finish. Plus, I had a great welcoming committee. <br />
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I think I will be processing this for a long time, but right off the bat I know<br />
I will carry with me the friends I made, the variety and beauty of our country and that you can do pretty much anything you set your mind to. I will also remember always all the support and encouragement I got from so many family and friends and how blessed I am. Thanks everyone!<br />
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Photos - out of order, but...<br />
1. Happy to have arrived<br />
2 . With Taffy at the beach<br />
3. With my main squeeze<br />
4. With Mimi at the beach!<br />
5. With Bob and Deb<br />
6. With Bruns <br />
7. Old friends - Penny and Polly<br />
8. Arriving at Wallis Sands Beach<br />
9. Celebrity photo op<br />
10. Good friend and fans Taffy & Katherine waiting<br />
11. Madeira girls: Penny, Polly, Taffy<br />
12. Dipping my wheel - don't want Salt water on more than the rubber<br />
13. A body dip in the Atlantic<br />
14. I made it!<br />
15. Bruns, Polly, Deb and Bob<br />
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It is also special because I crossed over into the last state, NH! Can't really believe it. Only one more day.<br />
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Another epically beautiful day starting with fog that burned off. With the help of my good friend, Sue, who lives in the area, we went a bit renegade and departed from the ABB route. It was a good steer as it got us off Rte 9, a very good but busy road, earlier. It headed us on a beautiful little road through the lovely little town of Hancock, where we stopped, again at Sue's suggestion at a great cafe, the Fiddlehead for a snack. Dennis surprised us and joined us there. On our way from there to Greenfield we rode over a covered bridge. An iconic NH/VT experience. <br />
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I love these little towns with their white clapboard houses with black shutters, or stately brick houses, and nicely maintained yards. They line the main streets of these towns, and, of course there is always at least one white church. <br />
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We passed several graveyards that are also so "New England" - old slate headstones with hand carved names and epithets. Of course there are the beautiful old barns too. And, the green forest surrounds everything. It feels so familiar. <br />
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So, if my sore bottom and sore legs hold up, I should make it to the Atlantic tomorrow - dip the wheel take a swim. Thank goodness for Bruns who is helping me find my way and keeping me safe in Mimi's absence. <br />
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My friend, Bruns, a newly minted antique, and the husband of my dear friend, Penny, has joined me for the last 3 days. He is a very experienced and strong rider who is nicely going slow for a real antique. He pulled me and entertained me with one story after another all day, and it was wonderful. <br />
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We had perfect weather all day - not too hot or windy, sunny skies and little wind, or it was at our backs. <br />
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We entered a new state today, Vermont - state #10. We rode through charming small towns and had a great stop in Bennington at the Crazy Russian Girls Bakery. Bennington has painted sculptured life-sized moose all over town and one was right outside the restaurant. Sorry, no photo. After looking for a bike shop and finding a great one which was only open from noon to 5:30 (!!), we checked in with Dennis back at the bakery and continued on. Dennis was on his own craft tour finding interesting woodworkers and museums. <br />
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A highlight of the day was having my friend, Emily meet us several times along the way. <br />
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We were on the Molly Stark byway, so after a biggish climb and fun descent into Wilmington we stopped to see who she actually was. Turns out she stood for the importance of family and helped sustain women who's husbands were off fighting in the French & Indian war and the revolution. She also inspired her husband, General Stark in his victory over the British in the battle of Bennington in 1777. <br />
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She was also featured at the summit of Hogback mountain where we had views of the green, tree covered rolling hills of VT, NH, and MA. The photo of Bruns and me was taken at that summit by Em who met us there.<br />
So great of her. After a brief break we had a wonderful descent into Brattleboro, where my Em met us again for lunch at a great deli. <br />
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Fun dinner at the Marina with Em, Bruns, Sue, who came over from Peterborough and my main and best squeeze, Den - all in all life is grand!<br />
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Photos - out of order again! Parenthesis outline order<br />
1. Gotta love the sign (2)<br />
2. Downtown Brattleboro (5)<br />
3. Antique & newly minted Antique atop Hogback (4)<br />
4. Polly and Molly (3)<br />
5. State # 10 - Vermont! (1)<br />
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The whole day was spent close to the Erie Canal and the end of it on a beautiful paved bike path right alongside it - much of which was likely funded by GE as it wound for miles through and around GE research facilities. <br />
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A highlight was watching a boat go through at lock 8. (We started riding around lock 15.) It was something to see the whole procedure from start to finish. Who thought this up?! Really an amazing process. <br />
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Deb and Bob were fantastic companions - they brought great food for sag stops and cheerily moved our stuff. Bob would drive ahead, park at the sag stop, then pedal back toward Deb and me. We'd meet up and all head back to the sag, and repeat. They were both so sweet to support me this way and I am so appreciative. I think they have to be inducted as honorary antiques. <br />
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And speaking of Antiques, I sure do miss my fellow original antique Mimi. What a great adventure we had! She loaned me all her route sheets, so I feel like she is with me, and I know she is in spirit. <br />
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Dennis and Bruns should arrive any minute. Looking forward to inducting<br />
Bruns as an antique as he will ride the last 3 days with me.<br />
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Below are the photos to give an idea of the day. I can't seem to get them to load to the blog from my iPad the way I want, or to label them, so I will try to just go in order as I see them. <br />
1. Our sag stop where I tried to get soft serve at 9:30 am, but it wasn't turned on yet!<br />
2. Last antique photo of the day on the lovely bike trail. <br />
3. Honorary antiques canal-side<br />
4. Trail along the canal<br />
5. Boat going into lock 8<br />
6. Morning fog burning off <br />
7. The antique with the empty lock behind<br />
8. Deb road side in the early morning fog <br />
9. Boat in lock with water rising <br />
10. Boat leaving the lock<br />
11. Cool boat on the canal<br />
12. PTD canal-side<br />
13. Early morning fog<br />
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After two plus weeks off I am a little rusty, and it feels great to be back on the bike. My friends Deb and Bob, who were on the ride, and completed it, have come out of retirement to join me for the first two days and I am thrilled! Lots of other riders have sent encouraging emails and I can feel everyone with me. <br />
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Dennis dropped me off yesterday in Deerfield, MA, where Deb and Bob live, and the three of us drove to Liverpool, NY last night. We had a great dinner at an Italian restaurant - ah, no buffet - then off to bed to be ready for the day. It was almost odd to eat breakfast without our 50 other riding pals. And, we didn't have to get to the breakfast room early to get food. We could just get there when it opened!<br />
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The day was perfect - 70's for the most part, lovely roads and nice scenery. We are in the Erie Canal area so it is fun to see it appear and disappear a we navigate basically along side it. All I can think of is the old song I learned in grade school "I've got a mule her name is Sal, 15 miles on the Erie Canal... And you never know your neighbors, you never know your pals if you've never navigated on the Erie Canal"<br />
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Tonight we are in Little Falls, which is in Herkimer County and was the cheese capital of the country for a while. It also had lots of mills and<br />
manufacturing related to the dairy industry and the mills. Herkimer is named after General Herkimer who was a famous revolutionary war leader. He was responsible for winning battle near hear that turned the tide in the war. The highlight so far, however, has been Ole Sal's Cafe and Creamery, which Ward made me go to, and where we got the most delicious ice cream at the end of our ride!<br />
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Photos from below are an assortment from the day and out of order, but they include Deb & Bob ready to ride in the am, the scenery, our sag man extraordinaire, Bob, and our scenic sag, Little Falls, me by the Erie Canal - and a little history re cheese and Herkimer, if you can read it. 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Jeff covered for me. As I was riding off his last words were, " Want me to sign in for you Mimi?" "Whoops. Yes, please." We had a perfect day to finish our ride --cool, tailwinds, sunny skies. It was a leisurely ride because we had four and a half hours to ride 48 miles to Rye Junior High School. After about 35 miles, most of us stopped in Exeter to have coffee, scones and muffins, to chat and savor the end of the ride.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was so glad that Ward, my personal trainer, was able to join me for this last section of the trip. He had prepared me for the adventure by taking me on training rides including my first century. He made sure I had all the gear-- a carbon fiber bike, new lightweight wheels, spare tubes and tire, pump, flashing light, extra cleats, very padded shorts, real biking jerseys, energy drinks and gels, a Garmin for tracking my rides, a computer for doing the blog, a Nano for mantras and meditation. You name it; he had it covered. The big W on his cycling jersey must stand for "SUPER WARD".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As promised, we had a police escort from the junior high school to Wallis Sands Beach. Mike's leg was healed enough so he could lead us on the final ride. We slowly spun along the coast enjoying the ocean breeze and the smell of seaweed and beach roses. Everyone was mighty quiet as we reflected on the long journey we were about to complete. It was all I could do not to cry. It wasn't sadness because I was thrilled to have completed the entire ride. Maybe it was relief and the release of all the intensity it took day after day to "Get'er done". I still couldn't believe I left Astoria 50 days ago, rode 3662 miles across this beautiful country, and was now at the Atlantic.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Once we got to the beach, pandemonium hit. The beach was full of beach-goers, but there, right at the entrance to the beach, were Mom, Dad, Mary Cate and Cate to greet me. Cate had a wonderful welcome sign and leis. There were a million hugs and pictures even before I took off my shoes hoisted up my bike, and ran down to the water to dunk my wheels. Of course, I also had to go for a swim so I unloaded my pockets - Stingers, phone, camera, money, credit card, sunglasses,and watch into Mary Cate's arms and off I went. Ahh, that cold, salty water! When I got back, my sister Happy was there. She had driven up from Boston. What a great surprise! It was so heartwarming to have my family there to welcome me. My heart was singing. Lynn Parker, with whom I had taught for years in Aspen, was also there. She now lives and works in near Portsmouth and looks absolutely fabulous. The sea air must agree with her.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Melanie and Bob, being the oldest members of the group, ceremoniously dumped the bottles of Pacific water into the Atlantic. More hugs, meetings and greetings of other people's relatives, and continued disbelief that it was over. It wasn't a dream. I managed to get a picture of Phineas and me for Tom who broke his pelvis and sacrum on Teton Pass and was missed by Polly and me every day thereafter.Then I got my things from The Box for the last time. On my case was a white sheet of paper reading: O to O. Ocean to Ocean, yes it was true. I really did it. We piled everything in the cars and it was off to Maine and home.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It goes without saying that Polly was terribly missed as we finished the ride. Without Polly I never would have undertaken this adventure. It was her idea and her dream. I'm so thankful she included me and that she pulled me most of the way across the country. That girl is strong! We shared so many laughs, such sore bottoms, and experienced so many sights, smells and sounds as we pedaled along. We misplaced and found so many things as we lived from duffle-bags and hit a new motel every night. We slowly became proficient at blogging and putting up with slow internet connections. We made so many new friends and became even closer friends. We "Got 'er done!" and I'm still trying to absorb the immensity of the journey. Polly is such an amazing, wonderful, true friend.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks Pol. I love you!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Miles: 52</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mayhem at Wallis Sands Beach</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mimi and her sisters Cate and Happy</span></td></tr>
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<br /></div>Mimi Hauensteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18006120990902263885noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1869950470549827970.post-34539047885081602002012-08-05T19:37:00.002-07:002012-08-05T19:37:55.969-07:00Manchester, New Hampshire - Day 49<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What an awesome day. The weather looked threatening as we left so Ward, my domestic, carried both our rain jackets all day. It was great rain insurance. -- not a drop until everyone had arrived in Manchester. Thank you Ward. After a mile of riding, we crossed the Connecticut River leaving Vermont and entering New Hampshire, the final State. About 10 miles later in Keene, w</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">e came across Richard and rode with him the rest of the day.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> We went up and down hills and in and out of little towns with old houses and white churches. The roads were shaded by trees and bordered by moss covered stone walls. This is New England and I feel</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> at home! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We when we got to the hotel who should be in the lobby but Ray. Ray broke his humerus n Wisconsin and had to fly back home to London. It was great to have him back for the last night.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've checked into the last hotel and am about to go to the last rap and the final banquet. Here is the little skit Ward is going to do with me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Polly and Mimi’s Antique Road Show – Skit</b><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ward: I believe you all know me as Ward, Mimi’s personal
trainer and domestic. What you might not know is I’m also an antiques dealer
and connoisseur. I’m here to welcome you to Polly and Mimi’s Antiques Road Show
right here in beautiful Manchester, NH where the first shot of the American
Revolution was fired. Oh, no, excuse me
that was Concord, NH wasn’t it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All the other antique appraisers as well as I were thrilled
when this unique antique pulled in on her black and pink Orbea. We’ve had this
afternoon to check her out and to do some extensive research. I bet you’re all dying
to know what she would bring at auction.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Let’s begin by dating her circa 1950. On close inspection we
were thrilled to see that she has her original finish. You can see by all the
scars left by the mountain bike and trail running crashes, the age spots and myriad
wrinkles that she definitely has not had any “work” done—no Botox, no collagen
or face lift and that’s real plus for increasing her value. The patina is quite
lovely except for at the ankles and top
of the thighs where we noticed serious biker tan going on. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We also would like to call attention to her joints. They are
all in good working condition – no tendonitis, chrondomalaisia, no knee or hip
surgery or replacement. No sign of any plates, bolts, or screws in any of the
joints. We did infer, however, based on some of her recent activity that she
may have a few loose screws in the cranium area.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Given the good shape of this antique, we were thinking that she
will bring a pretty penny at auction. Then we discovered that she has full provenance
or documentation. In a small Zip-lock bag she has a passport, driver’s
license,, credit card, and most important a laminated America By Bike ID card.
Not only is she fully documented, but when we went on –line we discover she has
a blog recounting her last 49 days. So this antique can be fully authenticated.
Born in Portland, Maine, August 30 1950 and has just ridden to Manchester, 3609
miles from Astoria, OR.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now most antiques have one purpose. A chair is for sitting. A table is for eating,
a dresser is for storing clothes. We
have discovered that this antique is multi-functional. She cooks, cleans, mows
the lawn, teaches kids to read, and reminds her personal trainer to take out
the trash. WOW it’s not often a multi-functional antique turns up at the
Antique Road Show. Her value is skyrocketing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Originally, we were thinking if you cleaned her up and put a
few pounds on her, her value at auction would be enough to bail out Greece.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then we realized she was part of paired set. The other antique, who is also in mint condition
and has full provenance, is currently on loan in Winchester, England at what is
surely a splendid and glorious wedding.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We are confident that these two antiques will someday be on permanent
display in the Smithsonian. So at auction they would go for between $4,000,000,000 – $6,000,000,000. But truly, they are priceless.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Day 49</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Miles: 78</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Total Miles: 3609</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Elevation Gain: 4590</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Elevation Loss: 4731</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Next Stop : Portsmouth, NH (and the Atlantic Ocean)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://connect.garmin.com/activity/207077602">Link to Mimi's Garmin info</a></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wow! The last state</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ward at the Monadanock Paper Mill - happy to report the mill is still running</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Church with cemetery (looks crooked because it's on a big hill)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sign in at second sag - Wow we were the first ones there!</span></td></tr>
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<br /></div>Mimi Hauensteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18006120990902263885noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1869950470549827970.post-31577437042374059722012-08-04T18:42:00.000-07:002012-08-04T18:42:22.670-07:00Brattleboro, VT - Day 48<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This morning</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">we loaded our luggage in "The Box" first (the Budget rental truck) and then had breakfast because the breakfast room didn't open until 7:00. It's good to change the routine up a bit. Ward and I were the last one's out of the breakfast room (another change in routine) because we were talking about the trip with to two guys from New Jersey who were on a motorcycle tour. Many people are asking about what we are doing. Telling them our story is helping me believe that, yes, I really have almost completed this amazing journey.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We rode over the Hudson River in Troy, wound our way past farms, and into Vermont. The morning was humid and hazy. After the town of Old Bennington we had a climb through the Green Mountains to the summit of Hogback Mountain. Then it was pretty much downhill to Brattleboro. There wasn't much of a shoulder and plenty of traffic, but I felt quite comfortable. All those miles have toughened me up. I decided Highway 9 in Vermont is nothing compared to those first rainy days in Oregon riding on Highway 30 with logging trucks flying by.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We went straight to a bike shop when we pulled into Brattleboro to see why my bike has been making a clunking sound when I pedal hard. Polly listened to the sound all across the country. Ward said it reminded him of the crocodile who swallowed the clock in Peter Pan -- clunk, clunk ,clunk. We determined it wasn't the pedals and might be the the crank or bottom bracket. At any rate, I think the bike will make it two more days and God willing so will I.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tonight is the last time we'll be scrounging for quarters, ripping off our dirty clothes, and running to the washing machine to be at the front of the line for the one washing machine. It is the last night that we will Efferdent our water bottles. (We put Efferdent, the stuff that cleans false teeth, in the bottles to sanitize them.) It will be the last time I fill my little Ziplock bag with a supply of Bag Balm for the road. Hallelujah! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The end is in sight! I'm filled with disbelief, amazement, and anticipation of the what I will actually feel as I dip my wheel in the Atlantic. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Day 48 </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Miles: 79</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Total Miles: 3531</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Elevation Gain: 5591</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Elevation Loss: 5636</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Next Stop: Manchester, NH</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://connect.garmin.com/activity/206584992">Link to Mimi's Garmin Info</a></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ollie, a policeman from Hamburg, Germany<br />sporting his kit in the breakfast line. This one<br />is for David, our German son!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Your daily corn</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Living the good life<br /><br /></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Molly Stark was the wife of Revolutionary General John Stark.<br />She has all kinds of things named after her and she is the<br />ancestor of my childhood friend Molly Stark Alldrich.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yes , Mimi and Ward made it to the second to last state. My arm is around Polly. Here in spirit!</span></td></tr>
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<br />Mimi Hauensteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18006120990902263885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1869950470549827970.post-43076682265030028032012-08-03T16:55:00.000-07:002012-08-03T17:04:24.727-07:00Latham, NY - Day 47<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We left Little Falls with sprinkling rain and heavy clouds then climbed to a ridge overlooking the Mohawk Valley. It's right up there with my favorite views of the trip -- beautiful old farm houses with barns and green wooded hills. The towns we went through Canajoharie, Fultonville, Amsterdam,Rotterdam Junction, and Schenectady were full of interesting, old buildings. Each day is so different and surprising and beautiful. I am continually in awe of what an amazing country we live in. We spent most of the day along side the Mohawk River and were able to ride on paved bike paths to avoid heavy traffic.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As we checked into the Holiday Express this afternoon, all of us were saying in disbelief, "Only three more days." I asked myself: Have we really come this far? Are we really going to make it over the mountains of Vermont and New Hampshire to dip our wheels in the Atlantic? Right now the trip seems like a blur. The hotels, the cities, the buffets, the raps and sags have blended together. Remembering each day is like playing the game of Concentration where you just can't quite remember where that darn card is -- at least it is for my tired brain. I'm just hoping we all stay safe and healthy for the last few days. It's descending the mountain peaks on the home stretch where many accidents occur,so I'm staying vigilant!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yesterday our challenge was the Garmin. Today we had a little camera trouble. My battery was dead for the first picture. Ward took over with his camera. We bought new batteries (remember we're back in civilization) for me. Ward's batteries died. I left my camera at the first sag stop. Let's see what we have...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Day 47</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Miles: 76</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Total Miles: 3452</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Elevation Gain: 2897</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Elevation Loss: 3002</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Next Stop: Brattleboro, VT</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://connect.garmin.com/activity/206187936">Link to Mimi's Garmin info</a></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cliffs above Little Falls</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Upscale sag stop at Karen's Produce and Ice Cream -with facilities</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Artistic bridge shot taken while Mimi<br /> retrieved forgotten camera</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lock number 8 - Now you see the boat.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now you don't.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Stopped at the lock - Mimi, Rosy, and Jordan</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Stopped at the lock - Ward and Mimi</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Second sag - Ward checking the directions</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Second sag - our stellar hosts Kathy and Jeff</span></td></tr>
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<br />Mimi Hauensteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18006120990902263885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1869950470549827970.post-36963869314780910462012-08-02T18:16:00.000-07:002012-08-02T18:16:19.857-07:00Little Falls, New York - Day 46<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today we had a great day, not too hot, not too humid, and no head winds! Hooray! We are definitely getting into more densely populated areas which makes it easier to find those stores or gas stations for the afternoon caffeine drinks. Cold Frappucinos are going down pretty easily these days. We were on some busy roads and also some really quiet back roads. I'm happy to report the road surfaces were smooth on them all. It's the little things that make your day. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Some how we managed to get to all the sags and into Little Falls without Polly here to navigate. My Garmin wouldn't turn on this morning, so Ward had to be the mileage guy. Last night Ward had spent an hour trying to get the route sheet mapped onto a his Garmin, but lost it all, so high tech was not an option. Finding our way was a bit like the blind leading the blind. I can't see well enough to read the road signs or my direction sheet and Ward only has one eye. This "not so good" situation was exacerbated by the a departing gift from Polly. She bequeathed her rear view mirror to me. This is a tiny mirror that attaches to you glasses so you can spot the cars that are overtaking you from behind. You see them in the mirror, yell "Car Back" to warn your friends and then brace your self for a near death experience as they zoom by. If all goes as planned, you have steered you bike as close to the edge of the road as possible and are still alive. Well, I spent most of the day trying to look for cars in the mirror. All I saw were the tops of trees, Ward's arms, three yellow lines on the road that were converging, my left cheek-- everything but approaching cars. Needless to say, I didn't look at the route sheet and was no help at all with directions. Come to think of it, it's quite miraculous that I didn't wind up back in Niagara Falls.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Despite the navigational challenges, we did indeed ride along the Mohawk River and into Little Falls without getting lost. The city was big manufacturing center in the 1800's when the canal was in full swing.They also produced cheese here. Little Fall's lock, number 17, is one of the largest lift locks in the world.(</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's amazing what you can learn in a bar or by reading the placards along the street as you walk to the ice cream store and laundromat.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Miles: 79</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Totall Miles: 3376</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Elevation Gain: 1939</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Elevation Loss: 1952</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Mimi Hauensteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18006120990902263885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1869950470549827970.post-68534131436913005132012-08-01T16:56:00.001-07:002012-08-01T16:56:05.639-07:00Liverpool, New York - Day 45<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last night there were huge thunderstorms and pouring rain. Glad we got that weather out of the way at night! The roads were dry as we set out this morning under thick, grey clouds to ride along the Eerie Canal. What fun to see joggers, walkers, and cyclists enjoying the path. Polly started early and rode with our friend Melanie to the first SAG stop. Then Richard, Ward and I picked Polly up and off we went along route 31 for most of the way to Liverpool. Once again, we rode past farms and through little towns. We realized a day has not gone by when we haven't seen farms or ranches. For the first time old, white farm houses with green shutters are stationed by the roadside, a sure sign that we are approaching New England.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dennis was waiting when we arrived at The Quality Inn. Polly hosed off her bike -- it was wet and muddy on the Eerie Canal trail-- hopped in the shower and then was off for her next adventure. Peterborough with Sue, Cambridge with Peggy, and flight across the pond for Triona's wedding. Her energy, strength, enthusiasm, friendship, and fashionable outfits will be sorely missed by everyone, especially me!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Day 45</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Miles: 93</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Total Miles: 3298</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Elevation Gain: 2251</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Elevation Loss: 2441</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Next Stop: Little Falls, New York</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://connect.garmin.com/activity/205500554">Link to Mimi's Garmin</a></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"You always know your neighbor and you always know your friend if you've ever navigated on the Eerie Canal". Guess what song was looping through my head all morning.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Okay,I Know, there's a lot of the canal, but Richard was changing his flat tire</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Riding buddies Jordan, Rosy, Polly and Richard<br />Polly's ride is to be continued and so will these friendships!</span></td></tr>
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<br />Mimi Hauensteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18006120990902263885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1869950470549827970.post-66622565598518579372012-07-31T17:55:00.000-07:002012-07-31T17:55:03.683-07:00Henrietta, NY - Day 44<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This will be my last post...boo hoo. I will ride tomorrow, but since I will be hopping in the car and speeding off with Dennis to catch a plane to England on Thursday, Mimi and Ward will pick up the blog and keep us all updated on the last 6 days! I am so glad Ward is here to share this last section with Mimi.</span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, here is what I've learned - my top 10 Tips - in case you ever do this trip!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">10. Don't let a day go by without Bag Balm.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">9. After getting to your room with your bag, tear off your clothes as fast as possible and run to the laundry room to try to be first at the washing machine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">8. Stick with Fritos - they work as body fuel but can also be lit on fire in case of an emergency.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">7. Cultivate a taste for subway, DQ, and gas station food.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And did I say, don't let a day go by without Bag Balm</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6. Always keep your key sleeve handy so you know what room you are in.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5. Keep your heavy stuff in A box, in THE Box.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4. Do get something to eat if you arrive early. Then come back to help unload...in case they haven't finished already</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3. Don't arrive at breakfast on time - all the food will be gone. Either arrive fifteen minutes early or fifteen minutes late after they have restocked.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. Find the TP when you first arrive at your room, trying to do so in the dark can be seriously hazardous to your health.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. Watch out for flying tire irons</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">AND.... don't forget the Bag Balm</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, this has been a trip of a lifetime, and a privilege to do it with my lifelong friend Mimi, as well as all the other wonderful riders and staff. Thanks to all of my family and friends who have supported me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Day 44</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Miles - 87</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Total Miles - 3232</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Elevation Gain - 1844</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Elevation Loss - 1926</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://connect.garmin.com/activity/205183759">Link to Polly's Garmin Info</a> - and this always has a map of our ride for the day</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Antique Mimi dwarfed by the corn!</span></td></tr>
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</div>Pollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09960519214899416749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1869950470549827970.post-33951753149596547692012-07-30T14:29:00.000-07:002012-07-30T14:29:04.795-07:00Niagara Falls, NY, USA - Day 42 & 43<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Big Day today because we headed back into the US, a new state, and Ward and Dennis would be meeting us in Niagara Falls, yippee! Ward will join the ride for the last section and Dennis made better time driving cross-country than he expected, so he'll explore while I ride, then we'll take off heading to England on Wednesday after the ride. Only 2 more riding days - hard to believe!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Leaving Brantford we quickly headed back out onto country roads dotted with gorgeous farms and houses. In Canada we have seen some lovely large houses with farms and large carefully mowed lawns, colorful and varied flower beds, pruned shrubs and beautiful trees, all very well tended. Even small houses, with smaller yards, have nice little gardens, mowed lawns and look cared for. The standout landscape element of the day was sod farms - acres and acres of golf course like grass surrounding red barns. Or, there were huge areas of carefully prepared chocolate soil that would soon sprout new grass. All flat and extending out to the encircling forest.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As we pedaled toward Niagara we entered some more forested territory with rolling hills and beautiful estates. It was fun riding. And we were accompanied by Jeff who works for ABB. We love his company and enthusiasm, and that he knows where to go! So entering Niagara we had our very own guide to help navigate our way to the falls. It was fun to enter from the Canadian side, clean but clearly touristy. We rode down a steep hill past huge casinos and tourist attractions. At the bottom of the hill, there were the falls. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In spite of the busy surroundings - tons of people and cars, buildings and tourist kiosks selling goodies, the falls are impressive. There are three falls, American, Bridal Veil and Horseshoe Falls and together their combined flow rate is the highest of any waterfall in the world. The power and shear volume of water as it smashes into the turquoise blue river below, is something to see. The mist generated felt wonderful in the heat of the day. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After photos and a quick bite to eat, we headed for the bridge, customs and our return to the US of A. It was a unique experience to pedal into the US and go through customs on a bike! When Dennis went through he mentioned that his wife was doing a ride across the country. The customs official asked if we were the ones in the blue shirts. (Our America by Bike shirts are blue, white and red.) When he answered, yes, she waved him right through.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Within minutes of our arrival, Ward and Dennis were here and the celebrating began! Before bed we watched the fireworks over the lighted falls. Nice end to a most pleasant day.</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Day 42</b>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Miles - 76</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Total Miles - 3145</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Elevation Gain - 1339</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Elevation Loss - 1490 (going down...)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://connect.garmin.com/activity/204479828">Link to Polly"s Garmin</a></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"It's not polite to smack your lips, but you<br />can't help it with Fritos corn chips. <br />Munch, munch, munchy munchy Fritos, <br />corn chips!"<br />Mimi's favorite sag stop snack!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Draw bridge we rode over en route to<br />Niagara falls - huge boat had just gone<br />through</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Day 43</b> - REST Day - touristy things - the Maid in the Mist, Goat Island, Cave of the Winds, eat ice-cream, drink beer, of course Mimi will drink straight Vodka, eat good food that is not from a buffet, wander around! A wonderful time!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On the Maid in the Mist - before we went up to the falls</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Antiques, through the wet lens, after going up to the<br />falls - can you tell?</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Polly and Dennis on Maid in the Mist<br /> - check out Polly's hair vs. Dennis!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And from the back - also note the fashionable tan line!<br />Modeled by Antique Mimi</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Pollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09960519214899416749noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1869950470549827970.post-37137013499028316532012-07-28T16:48:00.000-07:002012-07-28T16:48:14.043-07:00Brantford, Ontario, Canada - Day 41<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today was another landmark day, we crossed the 3000 mile mark. (</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That's</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> probably more miles than Mimi has ridden in her entire life let alone a summer.)</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Can you believe it!? We still can't really believe we are actually doing this! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When we started off the skies were grey, roads were wet and it was almost raining. The cool moistness was pleasant change for us Colorado girls who get our fair share of dry, clear weather. Besides, we decided the grey clouds accentuate the green and golden colors of the landscape. Today's highlight was stopping at a roadside stand to buy blueberries, nectarines, and a raspberry pie to be shared with all for dessert tonight. Mimi is not sharing her blueberries with anyone but Polly. We rode a good part of the day with Tim, from Virginia Beach, who kindly let us suck his wheel. Jeff and Kathy led us into Brantford since they knew the way. It's always nice to have tour leaders around when you are arriving in a busy city. Brantford, by the way is hometown of the "Great One", Wayne Gretsky.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When we pulled into The Best Western (remember our fav), our rooms weren't ready, but Polly needed to Skype Cate because she leaves today for her teaching job in Shanghai. By the time we had unloaded our bags from The Box ( the huge Budget rental truck) our rooms were ready.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We always pray for a room on the first floor so we don't have to cram into the elevator with all the other upstairs people or hoist our bikes up the stairs. Besides if you're on the first floor you can rinse out your biking clothes and dry them outside in the sun. You just park your luggage rack in the parking space and arrange your clothes for maximum wind and sunshine. Of course sometimes our room is in the hinterlands of the first floor and about two miles from the lobby.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Once we get our bikes through the million pound door without being crushed, Polly parks by the air conditioner on the far side of the room and Mimi's get the wall near the bathroom as far from the air conditioner as possible. That's because most times the room temperature is sub arctic with gusting winds. Mimi chooses to be as far from that climate as possible.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then it's text home, showers, upload Garmin, upload pictures,and blog as much as possible before mechanic, box, rap and dinner. Phew it's a whirlwind, But after 41 days we're starting to get it down.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After dinner our main objective is to get between those nice clean sheets as soon as possible. Do you realize we have had clean sheets every night except the rest days? Ahh such luxury. Tucking my tired body into crisp clean sheets might be what I'll miss most once I get home. Thankfully Polly can sleep through anything so when Mimi is still roaming around collecting stray clothing, laying out the Bag Balm and sunscreen, plugging in her phone or when she's in bed thumbing through the first 25 pages of <u>Undaunted Courage</u> to find where she fell asleep the night before, it doesn't disturb her.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One thing about all this riding is that you have to keep hydrated. You have to drink gallons and gallons. As a matter of fact, my stomach usually feels like a fish bowl. What goes in must come out, so during the night we have to make a couple of trips to the bathroom. Now this is a bit problematic when you are in a different hotel every night and the rooms tend to be very dark. Well, it might be really dark because I'm too tired to open my eyes, but believe me it's dark. At any rate, you tend to get disoriented and besides I'm directionally challenged under the best of circumstances. (I constantly turn the wrong way coming out of the hotel room.) One night I ended up shuffling into the window curtains instead of the bathroom. One important thing that I have learned is to check where the toilet paper is located before going to bed. There is no way I'm going to turn on that blinding light to go to the bathroom and if you don't know where the toilet paper is located it is hazardous in a big way. One night I almost fell through the shower curtain and into the bathtub as I was groping for the toilet paper. In some of the hotels the toilet paper can be dangerously far from the toilet seat. That's why I locate the toilet paper before bed. Locating TP before bed is a good tip for anyone of you considering doing this trip. You might think that the hydration routine is now over but it's not. You still have to find your way back to bed. The other night as I was about to collapse back into my bed I noticed a dark lump. Damn, that's Polly! I almost climbed in bed with Polly! Well, let's leave it at this: the hydration thing can be a challenge.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Day 41</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Miles - 70</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Total Miles - 3069</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Elevation Gain - 1276 // Loss - 1388 = FLAT</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Next stop - Niagara Falls (and our last rest day!)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://connect.garmin.com/activity/203992319">Link to Polly's Garmin</a> - Mimi's still on strike and has probably abandon the ride</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">More tobacco and a greenhouse - This is a big vegetable growing area with lots of greenhouses and a variety of crops. We saw asparagus, green beans, onions, potatoes, squash and even ginseng - a big crop around here.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And again - hay field</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Mimi Hauensteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18006120990902263885noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1869950470549827970.post-47792027319371258962012-07-27T16:38:00.001-07:002012-07-28T12:09:49.495-07:00London, Ontario, Canada - Day 40<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Landmark Day</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">New country! and landmark number - day 40!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This morning, as the sun was rising, we pedaled over the Blue River Bridge to Canada. They stopped traffic while we rode over, so we had it all to ourselves, a truly unique, memorable and moving experience. In just a few minutes we were through customs, took advantage of a photo op, and were on with our ride.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The lovely scenery continued as we rode past well loved and tended farms, most of which were growing corn or soybeans. Many of the farmhouses were yellow brick, and many had lovely flower gardens, well trimmed hedges and newly mowed lawns. The pride taken in the homes in the area we rode through was obvious.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The only negative about the day is that we had to get up at 4:50. A little early for us. So most mornings, although our stuff is already packed the night before, our clothes laid out, water bottles on the sink ready to be filled, we stagger around looking for things because we are so out of it. There is always some moment of panic when one of us can't find something -the lip balm, the plastic bag with the money and credit card, the gel blocks or stingers, a glove, sunglasses --It's always something. And then, there is always the care of the bum - making sure we have put on our Bag Balm - not sure what this is, well, it comes in a big green metal can and is used on cows udders - and that we have our re-supply of it ready for the road. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now while we make some fun of this, it is serious stuff. Last year there were people who had to stop riding for days due to saddle sores, and in some cases people have had to give up the ride. So, we wear different shorts every day so the creases don't land in the same spot every day. We wash carefully every night, and we apply our bag balm religiously. Some people use other cycling specific creams. We tried them, but found them to be not quite as effective as our favorite Bag Balm. That big green can of Bag Balm has become our friend.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Day 40</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Miles - 83</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Total Miles - 2999 (!)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Elevation Gain - 1634 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Elevation Loss - 1453</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Next stop - Brantford, Ontario, Canada</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://connect.garmin.com/activity/203662746">Link to Polly's garmin info</a> - we are having trouble with Mimi's Garmin, so Polly's is stepping in</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Welcome to Canada! Hope those American's leave their<br />weapons at home!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6:20 am - lined up behind the van, which will lead us over the bridge, and ready to go!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mimi ready and waiting to leave</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6:30 at the bridge - leaving the USA!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here we go!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Welcome to Ontario, Canada! New country!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just had to take this pic! Not sure who this is, but we must be related?</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mimi riding down the road - gives a feeling of what we see and enjoy every day.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Pollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09960519214899416749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1869950470549827970.post-60163611198273096642012-07-26T19:01:00.001-07:002012-07-26T19:03:28.117-07:00Port Huron, Michigan - Day 39<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">July 26th, Polly's birthday, started out with thunder, lightning, and rain. Due to the weather, we didn't start riding until 9:30. By then all the storms had passed by, we were safe from the lightning and didn't get wet all day. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was the usual, "ho, hum" beautiful agricultural scenery we have seen - corn, barns, hay - all the greener for the rain. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We sped along because, as birthday presents, we had great "pulls" from our friend Boston Al, and Richard - both strong riders, and because we had some good tail winds. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Upon arriving in Port Huron we checked out the bridge we will ride across to Canada, then headed to the hotel to get ready for a great dinner at the Quay Street Brewery courtesy of Ward, who planned the whole thing from afar. It even had a menu without pictures. Fortunately we still remembered how to read and were able to order delicious food and great beer topped with a birthday dessert.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When we arrived at the hotel, Polly had a record stack of mail waiting for her because Dennis had told her family and friends to send birthday cards. It was pretty fun and she loved it! What great friends.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Up really early, so off to bed!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Day 39</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Miles - 90</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Total Miles - 2916</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Elevation gain - probably zero - Mimi's Garmin cord is now out of favor with the computer!'</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Next Stop - London, Ontario, Canada</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And again more gorgeous Michigan roadside views</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The bridge over the St. Clair River that we will ride over to Canada in<br />the morning</span></td></tr>
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<br />Mimi Hauensteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18006120990902263885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1869950470549827970.post-29808515420050534942012-07-25T16:39:00.000-07:002012-07-25T16:39:27.121-07:00Birch Run, MI - Day 38<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Easy day - only 74 miles. You know things are out of whack when we are thinking that way. And, as usual, something comes up to make it not sooo easy - like the wind, which was across us, over our right shoulders, in front of us, and at times behind us. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We continued through Michigan farmland - flat, with pretty farms. To state the obvious - most of this country is agricultural, and we are seeing that countryside. At times the branches from the deciduous forests hang over the road throwing their shadows to give us shade and camouflage the pot holes. The country side provides lots of interest.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today our rest stop was at the home of Sandra Reeves who has been hosting ABB for several years. It started many years ago when her husband was still alive and Mike Munk, our fearless but gimpy leader, stopped to take a picture of a tractor the Reeves had on their property. Turns out that Mr. Reeves was a collector of old tractors and had several in barns in mint condition. Mike, having grown up on a farm, was enthusiastic and that was the beginning of a friendship. Sadly Mr. Reeves became ill and died a few years ago. After that Sandra's eyes have lit up every time the ABB folks come through. So sag </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">with her is a ritual. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(In case you've forgotten - SAG stands for, support and gear, and is where we sign in so they know we are alive, wash our hands to stop germs, and get food and water.) We all had the privilege of meeting Sandra Reeves today as she sat in a comfy lawn chair holding court while we had snacks in her front yard.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is fun to see things like cardinals, which we don't have in Colorado, and today a male, so red, flew right across our path - even old bat eyes Mimi saw it. (Mimi made me write that.) We also think that we saw an Audubon warbler fly across our path. These are the little things that spice up our day. Another highlight is coming through little towns with cared for houses, and in most of Michigan, there are American flags flying from the lamp posts. It is fun to see the pride people take in their homes and in their communities. We have also seen plenty of towns and homes that are run down and where it is obvious the changing economic climate has effected them. That is sad to see.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now that we are approaching the eastern part of the country and have reached the last time zone, our time seems to be speeding up (kind of like what happens as you get old). Tomorrow will be our last day in Michigan and it seems like we just got here. A week from today will be my last riding day, after which I will hop in the car with Dennis and head to England for my wonderful niece, Triona's, wedding. Mimi, with Ward as a partner, will carry on for the last five days and I will try to make them up in the fall. But for both of us time is running out. Only 12 more days before everyone dips their wheels in the Atlantic Ocean - hard to believe!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">By the way, we're a little confused about Michigan. There was no "mount" in Mount Pleasant and there are no birches in Birch Run? Go figure.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Day 38</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Miles - 76</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Total Miles - 2826</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Elevation Gain - 175 (!) Loss - 293 (!)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Next stop - Port Huron, MI</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This photo is taken from Sandra Reeves yard looking back at whence we came.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is also the only photo from today because Polly's camera battery died, so we switched to the cell phone - BUT - the server is not cooperating and we can't upload the photos. We think it is the hotel's firewall. So... the camera battery is charging and we'll try again tomorrow with the phone photos!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This photo does give a pretty good idea of the country, however, and of course we have many more to share!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Pollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09960519214899416749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1869950470549827970.post-59600787702253663842012-07-24T17:29:00.001-07:002012-07-25T12:38:49.381-07:00Ludington,MI - Day 36 + Mount Pleasant, MI- Day 37<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today was half rest day and half ride the SS Badger across Lake Michigan to Ludington day.This was the ride that the fearless Sarah Daignault came to participate in. I started the day with yoga and the perfect cup of tea. Nirvana! We had a relaxing breakfast at the Fork and Knife where they also served beer. (We refrained.) Then it was off in Sarah's rented analogue Nissan with roll-up windows to shop at Kohl's, buy post cards for the ferry ride, and have our nails done. That was the end of the rest day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We're debating whether the ferry ride was more taxing than actually riding our bikes. It was taxing enough knowing the boat was a coal burning ferry polluting and upsetting environmentalists and belching out black smoke. (The ship was built in 1953 to transport 43 railroad cars.) After arriving at the terminal at 12:00, we waited an hour in the shade of a big tree to board. As fortune would have it, a rider from last year's trip showed up with cheese (remember this is still Wisconsin we're in) and crackers and some water. Once on the boat, the temperature and humidity sky rocketed. We started to wither and melt and continued down that path as it took an extra hour to load a truck carrying parts of a wind turbine that was manufactured in Manitowoc. It didn't get much better once we finally embarked, but we managed to find shady places with a breeze. We avoided going down below because it was hot as Hades down there and they were playing BINGO-- not our thing.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bottom line is it was great to spend time with Sarah, who completed her "ride" in style and we were glad to set foot in Michigan. We disembarked, dripping wet, at 8:30. It felt so good to have the wind blow on us as we rode to the hotel. Because of the late hour, caused by delays and a new time zone, Sarah was dispatched directly from the SS Badger to hunt down the best pizza and salad in town which she promptly did. We wolfed it down before hitting the hay because we had a 113 mile ride to look forward to. However, we did find the time to take a tour of Sarah's room. It housed a king size bed beside a huge Jacuzzi settled like a throne right there in the room. It was a little different.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Day 36 -Rest day </b>(kind of)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Miles: 7</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Total Miles: 2637</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Next Stop: Ludington, MI</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The ride from Ludington to Mount Pleasant was a breeze. There were enough hills and turns to keep it interesting. We had tailwinds to push us and crosswinds/headwinds </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">that weren't too strong. It wasn't boiling hot either! It was fun to be in land that reminded us of Maine --deciduous trees, pine forests, farms and fields. Today we noticed fields of green beans, asparagus, and cucumbers-- a welcome change from the steady diet of soybeans and corn. We also passed orchards with cherry and apple trees. Not too many pictures today because it was a 113 mile day and we figured we needed to keep moving.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Day 37</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Miles: 113</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Total Miles: 2750</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Elevation Gain/Loss: Mimi's Garmin doesn't want to play</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Next Stop: Birch Run, MI</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sarah can find anything with her Droid - even the Antiques in Manitowoc</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bye bye Manitowoc</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hello Ludington -</span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Five hours (plus time zone change) later</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>Mimi Hauensteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18006120990902263885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1869950470549827970.post-77055673030388295332012-07-22T20:28:00.001-07:002012-07-23T06:04:53.752-07:00Manitowoc, WI - Day 35<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A civilized start to the day. We didn't load until 8:30! Actually, the whole ride was civilized, tailwind, just a few hills, not too hot. For all you skiers, it was the equivalent to a day of hero snow. Everyone needs a boost every now and again. We started with a ride past the lighthouse on Lake Winnebago, the largest lake within</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> one state. It's only 21 feet deep! Then it was off through farmlands and a few dairy farms. I had imagined fields full of cows, but all we saw were huge open barns with cows lined up inside.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One intriguing aspect about navigating around Wisconsin is that all the county roads are identified using letters, not numbers. Yesterday we were on P for Polly and today we rode on M for Mimi. We rode by a town called Meeme, but only Polly saw the sign because I'm as blind as a bat and they didn't spell it correctly either. So I guess it really doesn't count.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We were blown into Manitowoc by cooling winds from Lake Michigan and arrived at 12:15. The best part of arriving early was that after ice cream, lunch and a chauffeured trip to the laundromat (in that order), Sarah Daignault was at the hotel to meet us. She shared her palatial suite--a living room bigger than mine at home, two huge TVs, a bar, and the king size bed with lots of pillows-- with us as we planned our evening activities. (They upgraded her room because, due to her work, she was a premier card holder or something fancy like that.) Sarah treated us and our fried Melanie to the "best yet" dinner of the trip, a stop for ice cream and a tour of Manitowok.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now we are back. Sarah has retired to her regal abode and we are washing our water bottles with Efferdent - yes the denture stuff and it works great - in our humble quarters.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Day 35</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Miles: 57</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Total Miles</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">: 2629</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Next Stop: Ludington, MI (new time zone!)</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mimi's Garmin is on strike. Sorry, none of that fascinating info is available today.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A brief return to windmill land - towering over farms</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">First view of Lake Michigan - Yippee!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dairy barn with cows below and hay above - the kind we expecting</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wheat on the other side of the street from the dairy barn</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At the laundromat with pals - part of the regular drill</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Do these match?</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Getting our directions at Rap</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Polly can't see the directions,<br />Mimi isn't sure what they mean</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hanging at rap - waiting for the debrief</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our fearless leaders: Jeff, Mike and Kathy<br />Mike, the trip leader, does an amazing <br />blog/journal of the trip (and there<br />are even pictures of the antiques) <br />check it out at:<br /><a href="http://www.bamacyclist.com/BAMA/ABB_North_2012/ABB_North_2012.html">Link to bamacyclist.com</a></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After a great dinner at Luigi's, we headed to Beernsten's for ice cream, then took at tour of Manitowac. We love having a visitor with a car! Yea Sarah!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Mimi Hauensteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18006120990902263885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1869950470549827970.post-43939258839125061852012-07-21T18:38:00.000-07:002012-07-21T18:38:45.579-07:00Fond du Lac, WI - Day 34<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Another lovely day of riding in Wisconsin on country roads and bike paths and through rural American towns. The Dells, which is what we left behind this morning, came from the French word "dalles" meaning to trough, or tiny passage. And as we moved on to more corn fields and soybeans, the morning was marked by cloud cover and spitting rain to keep us cool. We had a slight downhill and slight headwind. It made for easy riding along mostly car free roads. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The first little town we came to was Packwaukee - don't you love the name - on a large lake that we rode along for quite a while. Our sag stop was in the town of Montello, but the best stop was in the town of Princeton where the American Legion was holding a brat fest which they do every Friday and Saturday of July and August. Now that was fun! Of course Mimi, didn't exactly chow down, but I did!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We had our second sag stop in Ripon - birthplace of the Republican party! And also home of Ripon College, Alma Mater of Harrison Ford.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One of the things we saw today that was pretty special were sand hill cranes just off the road. We have seen cardinals, gold finches, warblers and really a huge variety of birds over the course of the ride. But seeing those cranes just on the side of the road with their red crowns shining in the sun was pretty special.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now we are happily in Fond du Lac at the foot of Winnebago Lake. Fond du Lac means "bottom or foot of the lake." And our fun tonight was a t-shirt swap that included being able to "steal" a t-shirt someone else had chosen. It got pretty down and dirty, but Mimi and I managed to weasel our way to t-shirts we are both happy with. A fun end to another great day on the road!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Day 34</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Miles - 84</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Total miles - 2572</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Elevation Gain - 2500 (elevation loss - 2595)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Next stop - Manitowoc, WI</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://connect.garmin.com/activity/201661689">Link to Mimi's Garmin info</a></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our morning views - soybeans, farms and forests</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A little closer look - our road wound around these fields</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Not bad for a sag stop</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yummy, yummy!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Up close and personal with the brat and sauerkraut</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The scene at the Brat Fry</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Home of the college, and yes, birthplace of the Republican party!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And, another bike path - we love<br />the quiet and not having to <br />worry about cars.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Pollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09960519214899416749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1869950470549827970.post-7717624799264576672012-07-20T20:47:00.000-07:002012-07-20T20:47:07.857-07:00Wisconsin Dell, Wisconsin - Day 33<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Another misty morning to start our day. Both of us love the morning sections of the ride. In the fog today everything seems so still and peaceful and magical. We sped passed the towns of Bangor, Rockland, and Wilton in rapid succession creating the euphoric hallucination that we were already in Maine! We passed idyllic farms nestled in rolling hills. Just like yesterday, the middle part of our day was broken up with a stretch of "Trails to Rails". Today we mosied along 30 miles of the Elroy Sparta Trail without traffic. Because we had to walk our bikes through three tunnels that were built around 1900 and ride on dirt, it was a long day. By the time we got to the last SAG with thirty miles to go we definitely needed the huge cups of ice coffee we hunted down in the little town of Elroy to help us "get 'er done" and pedal into our fave, The Best Western. Dinner at Denny's was not half bad; it just took two hours - a bit distressing when you are ravenous. Now we are ready to finish our blog, lay out our clothes, and get ready for an 84 miler tomorrow.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">According to Trip Advisor,Wisconsin Dells is the number one family vacation spot in the US and number three in the world. Seriously. Can you believe you'e never been here?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Day 33</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Miles: 92</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Total Miles: 2488</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Elevation Gain: 3494</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Next Stop: Fond du Lac, WI</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://connect.garmin.com/activity/20130936">Link to Mimi's Garmin info</a></span><br />
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Sorry, pictures are out of order, but we can' deal with it tonight, Just enjoy the " ramdomness".<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ben Bikin" the mascot of the Sparta Trail with the <br />teeny, tiny Antiques</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Ben, you look so familiar."</span></td></tr>
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<br />Mimi Hauensteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18006120990902263885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1869950470549827970.post-79044749166343154862012-07-19T19:48:00.000-07:002012-07-19T19:48:19.550-07:00La Crosse, Wisconsin - Day 32<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As one of our friends said, "the days don't always turn out like you think they might." Today was one of those days in a lovely way. Everything just worked. I think after yesterday, we weren't expecting it. We started out a little after seven in the fog. It was so moist you could feel it on your skin. We had very little wind and it was really quite magical with the fog engulfing us and limiting visibility. We were surrounded by green and grey. ( Sing to the tune of "Yellow Submarine":Sky of gray and fields of green, on our bicycles along we scream. After our first sag stop it started to clear up and we entered more rolling, tree covered hills. The corn that had gone on forever, now was contained by wooded forests. And.. the road surface was smooth and wonderful. </span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We also got to ride for 13 miles through a tunnel of trees on a gorgeous bike path along the Root River. We ended up in the little town of Houston at a great Cafe where we got a coffee/tea and croissant/scone and I felt sick afterward! That wasn't so good as we had a big climb soon after... nevertheless if fueled me and I enjoyed the climb.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That put us up on a ridge line with corn, soybeans and hay or grass planted on the hillsides in waves, with trees and farms on hilltops. It reminded me of driving in England and France, when you look across fields to little towns, only here they are farms. We had hardly any traffic and a great road. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So again the landscape is changing and we continue to be in awe of this beautiful and varied country we live in.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The day was capped off as entered Wisconsin and crossed the Mississippi River, a huge landmark for us, into the small and charming town of La Crosse, WI - named for the American Indian game of lacrosse!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Great fun from last night when I hooked up with my old and dear friend Cheryl Frarck who was my partner in Alaska 40 years ago when I worked for the Presbyterian Church. We have not seen each other since, and she lives near Rochester, MN. We found each other on Facebook a few months back, so she came over and we had dinner together and tried to catch up. Needless to say, a few hours didn't quite do it, but it was a beginning. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today, however, we had some sad news and that is that our friend, Ray from England, has had to leave after falling from his bike while trying to take a photo and breaking his collar bone. He has been so enthusiastic and fun, with a great sense of humor and kindness and he will be greatly missed. He brought so much life to our group. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, we remind ourselves to be careful and stay focused, and to not get complacent!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Miles - 89</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Next stop - Wisconsin Dells, WI</span></div>
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<a href="http://connect.garmin.com/activity/201020576">Link to Mimi's Garmin info</a></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The roadsides were covered with Queen Anne's Lace - so pretty</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">From wooded hillsides to marsh land<br />full of lily pads</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wisconsin!<br />Polly, Charlie from NH, Ainsley from Australia, Tony from Colorado and Mimi</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Antiques hit another state!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Mighty Mississippi</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Polly crossing the Mississippi</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Antiques on the bridge over the Mississippi</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">La Crosse here we come... and note the second tower<br />"on the Mississippi River...Wisconsin's west coast"</span></td></tr>
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<br /></div>Pollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09960519214899416749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1869950470549827970.post-4136117305786544422012-07-18T18:33:00.002-07:002012-07-18T18:33:42.848-07:00Rochester, Minnesota - Day 31<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm sure you'll</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">be relieved to know that we started our day with a civilized breakfast at the City Center Hotel -- ballroom with seating capacity of 89, linen tables clothes, real scrambled eggs, real bacon, real oatmeal, real fruit, and joy of joys--hot water for my tea. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The theme of today's ride would be the three "H"s-- humidity, heat, and hellacious road surfaces. Our paper directions that we clip onto our handlebars were soggy before we even go up the first hill and so were we. Fortunately, we did have some cloud cover as the thunder boomers piled up and got darker through out the day. I bet the temperature didn't make it past the mid-nineties. Besides, we had a strong head wind most of the ride to cool us off. We, of course, rode through cornfields, past well kept farms, and little towns with Victorian homes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our major diversion and source of pain was the road surface. Actually the road surface wasn't too bad in Blue Earth County, Waseco County, and Steele County, but let me tell you about Dodge County. Those roads gave new meaning to the saying "Get out of Dodge."They were patched tar with huge cracks. They didn't need rumble strips because just riding on the shoulder was like shaking over a rumble strip. The cracks that ran parallel to the road were relentless. I<i> </i>think I had better check my fillings to see if they are still all there. Needless to say, we were relieved to make it into Rochester, wind our way through the traffic in front of the Mayo Clinic and miraculously gain access to the bike path that took us to the hotel. Polly and I both had a first today: back to back centuries! The Antiques are pretty proud of themselves!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Day 31</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Miles: 101</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Total Miles: 2309</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Elevation Gain: 3,068</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Next Stop: La Crosse, WI</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://connect.garmin.com/activity/200667008">Link to Mimi's Garmin</a></span><br />
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<br />Mimi Hauensteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18006120990902263885noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1869950470549827970.post-56051027753780565142012-07-17T18:18:00.000-07:002012-07-17T18:18:09.364-07:00Mankato, MN - Day 30<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We were up before the sun and on the road, leaving our lovely Super 8, as the sun rose red and resplendent over the little town of Worthington, MN. In that early morning light when we looked</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> down the straight, long highway toward towering silos and grain elevators, it felt like we were heading toward Oz and were off to see the Wizard. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For those of you who thought South Dakota was flat - you ain't seen nothing until you ride across Minnesota. All you see for miles and miles is corn, soybeans, corn, soybeans, farms surrounded by trees, a few windmills, and did I say corn and soybeans? As we rode 108 miles today, in the heat and humidity, we have very few pictures - plus it just would have been one more shot of corn and soybeans. The most interesting thing about the fields is how a single renegade corn plant will grow up here and there among the soybeans - either an errant wind blown seed, or more likely a seed left over from a previous year's planting of corn.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tonight we are in Mankato - a charming college town with lots of old red brick buildings, and cute places to grab a bite to eat. We had to hit the bike shop for a few little items, then went to "Tandem Bagels" for a yummy salad and bagel. We are now at our very nice hotel, City Center Hotel, and and lounging around and doing laundry.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now when I say very nice hotel - I think both of our standards may have slipped. However, after living the dream on the "garden level" at last night's Super 8 just off I-90, where the "garden" we looked at was the parking lot and the tires of the cars parked just feet away, we are now happy to have sliding glass doors that open to the pool room, and a bathroom with a big counter for our toilet bags. We are becoming experts on three star hotels. If you want recommendations call on us. Our favorites so far: Holiday Inn Express - we each had our own room with a shared bathroom and common area. That was also true at the Best Western in Chamberlain, SD of all places. We also had good experiences at Courtyard by Marriott. Our least favorite: Super 8 - we have stayed in two so far and neither have been standouts to say the least! Both times we got the "garden" level smelling slightly of cleaner, I fear to cover up the wet smell! Budget Burley Inn (anything with the name budget in it could be dangerous) was maybe the worst. On the OK front: Quality Inn - not all the name implies, Comfort Suites, Econolodge - not standouts, but adequate. Here's a tip for ranking hotels: count how many pillows are on the bed and check to see if there is a hairdryer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Most of the time we are just happy for hot water, a bed, and now some air conditioning! And, most of the time we arrive around 1 or 2 in the afternoon and leave by 5:30 or 6 in the morning. We don't need much for very long!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Day 30</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Miles: 108</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Total Miles: 2208</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Elevation Gain: 1598 (loss 2405) - heading back to sea level!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Next stop: Rochester, MN</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://connect.garmin.com/activity/200373800">Link to Mimi's Garmin info</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Pollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09960519214899416749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1869950470549827970.post-45333884944032820982012-07-16T18:19:00.000-07:002012-07-16T18:19:14.636-07:00Worthington, Minnesota - Day 29<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Feeding Frenzy!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yesterday morning Polly requisitioned some plain oatmeal and real bananas from the breakfast room and stashed them in our room --a brilliant move -- because this morning we had a quiet breakfast in the room thus avoiding the dreaded, ulcer forming, "Breakfast Feeding Frenzy". </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here's how the feeding frenzy goes down. The night before, at rap, Karen tells us what time the breakfast room will open and what time we will able to load our bags. A typical morning would be: breakfast room opens at 6:00 and load is at 6:30 or 6:45. Now, when I say breakfast room, imagine a place the size of, let's see... a utility closet... lined with cereal bins, a waffle maker, some coffee thermoses, a toaster, a little refrigerated box with margarine, hard boiled eggs, sometimes flavored yogurt, and milk. Of course there are the bins of packets - Equal, Sweet and Low, Coffee Mate, peanut butter, jelly, and sometimes cream cheese and packages of flavored oatmeal. Somewhere on the counter there are all the Styrofoam bowls, plates, and cups. (Reduce, reuse, recycle is unheard of in the Breakfast Room.) As you can imagine, that doesn't leave much room for tables and chairs, but usually there are about 5 tables. So now you've got the visual; the scene is set.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As I said, the breakfast room opens at 6:00. Now if you were in Aspen or Boulder, using Aspen/Boulder Standard time, that means you would stroll in at 6:10, the place would be empty and you'd be early. But not with this group. At 5:45 fifty ravenous bikers, who have gorged themselves the night before, descend on the utility closet, I mean breakfast room, and begin the hunt for calories. By 6:00 there is no more coffee or hot water, there might be a lonely danish wrapped in its cellophane hoping this week someone might finally choose him for breakfast. A</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> couple slices of Wonder Bread are still hanging out by the toaster.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> The the flavored oatmeal is gone and even if it weren't, there is no hot water to cook it in.(The absence of hot water is highly traumatic to a tea drinker like me.) Even if you do manage to find something to eat, remember, there are only five tables so you balance your Styrofoam encased mealinto the lobby or onto the stairs. Meanwhile, the hotel staff, one harried person, is desperately trying to refill the waffle mix, the coffee thermoses, the bread, and the orange juice (if the dispenser is working that morning) and all the little packets.. which s/he can't get to because all the calorie hunters are tracking, attacking and in the way. The re-supplier looks like s/he isready quit or have apoplexy.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But not to worry in five minutes at 6:10, the place is empty because we have run to be the first in line to load our bags (6:30 remember) into the truck.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In our wake, the breakfast room lays totally decimated. The food is gone the trash is over flowing and I wouldn't doubt that the staff is in psychotherapy.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So...after breakfast, we left Sioux Falls along a beautiful bike path and here we are in Worthington, Minnesota a lovely little town in a NEW state! The ride was an easy 70 miles, and we got here in time for a swim in Okabena Lake, the first of the 10,000 lakes, and home of the US National Windsurfing Championships. With the wind blowing over the lake, we now know why. We did a quick pass-by of the Dayton House, a lovely turn of the century home, now on the National Register of Historic Places, and built by the the family who started Dayton's Dry Goods Co., or simply Dayton's, and rode through the downtown to the lake for a quick dip.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Day 29</b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Miles - 70</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Total Miles - 2100</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Elevation Gain - 939'</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Next stop - Mankato, MN</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://connect.garmin.com/activity/200001243">Link to Mimi's Garmin info</a></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">State #5 for the Antiques and happy to be here!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Chamber of Commerce in Worthington had welcome bags for each of us! This post card was included - which we thought you'd get a kick out of. Lots to do here in Worthington.</span></td></tr>
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