Well, my husband and I saw the rainy weekend forecast coming up, so we decided to take today off to ride while we could, and then work during the weekend when it was raining.
We rode From our town (in NY) into Great Barrington MA for lunch and then back again- a 53 mile hilly round trip.
The weather was perfect!- high 60's and mostly sunny, light breeze.
Had crepes with apple filling and latte in Great Barrington for lunch, then headed home again to New York. Over lunch, I commented that the crepes reminded me of our trip to Quebec 3 years ago, and that we should pretend we were in Quebec today.
Strangely enough, 30 minutes later we met another cyclist on the road- he was packing huge bike bags and panniers....turns out he was biking from Montreal, Quebec (!!) to NYC and back, and we stopped to talk with him. He had a French accent, and had just come from VT and was going through MA headed to NY state as well. We felt rather humbled by his journey. I can't even imagine hauling that huge load of gear through the mountains of Vermont. :o
A bit later on our ride home, we were grinding our way up a very long hill in granny gear, when a friend from our home town passed us in his pickup truck and pulled over to tell us how much he admired our determination. :p We chatted there on the side of the road for a while, then he drove off. I had a heck of a time getting started up again on the steep incline, even after upshifting a couple of gears- had to try 3 times before I got a successful start going. Gotta love those mid-climb stops. :rolleyes:
Didn't see many other bikers today, I guess it being a weekday.
It was a good and very happy day. I feel blessed. :)
