Sandra, who drove the support car for the bulk of my summer trip, embraced my project to find a Starbucks Espresso cup for each state I cycled through to send home to Giovanni while I was away. (I don’t drink coffee but Giovanni enjoys it.) Through intrepid searching (sometimes five Starbucks in one state), Sandra … More It’s Official!
History was my least favorite subject in school. For me, it was a disconnected mass of random facts. I have great admiration for people who can discern a story line through the tangle. I encountered one such person on my ride this summer in Ashtabula, Ohio. Andy Pochatko is the docent of the Hubbard House … More A Tangled Web of Frayed Threads
Happy International Day of Peace! I’ve been home for 48 hours now. Rode my birthday miles with friends on the good ole W&OD trail. Onward! ☮️🚲 Lynn
While driving on a foggy Sunday morning from my son’s home in Vermont to my daughter’s home in New York, I intersected with the path of my bike ride in a most interesting place, South Royalton VT. Back on Tuesday, when I was racing from Middlebury VT to Lyme NH, combining three days’ rides into … More Covered Murals
Nearly everything about the last week changed — the lodgings, the route, the company — but not the support driver (my son, Gp) nor one of the reservations, the one for Sept 15 for Moosilauke Ravine Lodge. David Goodrich, who would have been riding with me except for surgery on an infected bruise, knew Moosilauke … More Celebration Night at Moosilauke Ravine Lodge
By now, you know that who got there first. Near the end, a beautiful bike trail carried me through an inland marsh. The Scarborough Beach sign didn’t seem right the first time I saw it, so… … I continued past it. When I realized that must have been the correct and only beach entrance, I … More Lee versus Me
Here’s the LiveTrack link so you can follow me to the Atlantic Ocean finish!! https://gar.mn/aolQRoj (Sorry, this link works only while the ride is actually in progress.) Excited!!! ☮️ Lynn
Yesterday, I made a giant push toward the finish. I rode almost 93 miles and climbed 6119 feet. Strava labeled it a “Massive Relative Effort.” I was motivated! Thanks to my son, Gp, for aiding and abetting my huge ride yesterday! It was the first time on the entire trip I did not know where … More Lyme to Limerick
This should be my next to last day. I’m testing the LiveTrack link on the blog. https://gar.mn/OonRlK5 (Sorry, this link works only while the ride is actually in progress.) I want to be sure it works for tomorrow. 😊 Lynn
This morning, I received an email from Beth Gorton, inquiring why I was going north to the most difficult climb on the East Coast when I, in Lyme, am due west of Portland. My brain is pretty fried after an entire summer on the road. Fresh thinking is quite welcome. I plotted a new direct … More Fresh Thinking, Fresh Snaps
Life is Like a Bike 