Cumulative elevation gain: Something north of 3000 feet, I think
Weather: 60's and sunny
Attitude: Just 6 more riding days!
Not sure about the elevation gain today as my bike is locked in a room downstairs and I'm too tired to go look at it.
Yesterday we had our rest day in Sturbridge Mass, which I thought was going to be a nice place but it turns out there's really no there there. I guess there is one of those Williamsburg-like places just down the road but I did not go there. Our hotel was nice enough, if a little dated, and most of our rooms had sliding glass doors looking right out on a little lake.
I went for a walk to try to find downtown, but there really wasn't one, just a little strip mall with a grocery store, Rite Aid, and Tractor Supply. There was an interesting old burial ground with many graves from the 1700's, and a sign saying the stone fence around it had been built by revolutionary war veterans. We've seen miles and miles of those fences for the last few days. It's hard to imagine the time it must've taken to pile up all those rocks.
Today's ride seemed relatively easy, possibly because I've had a couple of rest days and the weather was really perfect for biking, cool and sunny and no wind. And a Starbucks perfectly placed at mile 41. Plenty of hills though. And also plenty of houses; although we were in wooded hills most of the day it seemed like we were riding in suburbia.
The rest of the group has gone out to dinner tonight, to the home of someone who has been on previous tours and lives near here. I opted out, being tired of socializing every night, not to mention just plain tired.
Tomorrow we will finally get back to the coast, where it looks like we'll be for the rest of the trip. Looking forward to seeing the ocean again.
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| A previous WomanTours rider brewed us this beer |
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| Miles and miles of old stone fences |
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