Ride distance: 93 miles; ride time: 6:05; cumulative distance: 3,844 miles; average speed: 15.3 mph; calories: 6359; ascent: 5446 feet; descent: 5559 feet. Every day is bringing us closer to our finish in Bar Harbor, Maine on Friday. This has been a spectacular trip, one I will never forget. On today’s ride, we traveled from Vermont to New Hampshire and tomorrow, we should reach Maine. We started from Rochester just before 8 a.m. The morning ride was dry but after lunch the rains returned. We found out that there has been rain in 17 of the last 18 days in Lincoln. We had quite a bit of climbing today but nothing as steep as the climb over Brandon Gap yesterday. We arrived at Lincoln starting at 4:20. There was one very tough railr
oad track crossing in Lincoln. The tracks were diagonal to the roadway and wet. Three of our riders fell going over the tracks and bruised their knees. Fortunately there were no serious injuries. We are being hosted tonight by St. John’s Catholic Church. Our hosts picked us up and took us to their homes to shower and change our clothes. At 6:30, the church put on a very nice barbeque for us. The youth were there and we had a good presentation for them following the dinner.
oad track crossing in Lincoln. The tracks were diagonal to the roadway and wet. Three of our riders fell going over the tracks and bruised their knees. Fortunately there were no serious injuries. We are being hosted tonight by St. John’s Catholic Church. Our hosts picked us up and took us to their homes to shower and change our clothes. At 6:30, the church put on a very nice barbeque for us. The youth were there and we had a good presentation for them following the dinner. 
2 comments:
"Ouch."
(This is my insightful remark about the railroad tracks)
Hi Tom,
We pray that the weather and road conditions will be excellent and all of your group will enjoy the last few days of the long journey. You all are inspiring us to "run the race" of life one day at a time, enjoying what you see and especially who you meet along the way. All your lives will be changed and I think we will look upon your efforts as a positive thing. God Bless your day on the road!!
In Christ,
Dale
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