Made it to PA!

So Brent and I made it across the country to PA, and spent last night at Brent's inlaw's home in Lancaster. It's a beautiful farm, very lush and green with a huge pond out back. Marcella treated us to some delicious minestrone soup last night and we felt pampered after a long car trip!


The trip itself wasn't as long and grueling as I expected. I think I'm going to keep my sleeping pad and blankets in the back seat all the time now, because the Z catching part while not driving was pretty key. The leaves were turning more and more as we headed east, and the sunrise in Missouri and sunset in PA were fantastic, too.

It was long enough though. 26 hours or so, 1647 miles, and I ate my weight in pretzels and tea. Twice. Plus a chicken pot pie at Cracker Barrell, so I think I'm in the positive for calories on the day. Our only incident happened at about 10:30 PM in Kansas - the front of my roof rack let go - I think the wind pushed it backwards a little bit, and the clips moved back enough to release from the pins under the car's weatherstripping. We pulled over in the darkest place in Kansas possible, fixed it so that pushing backwards wasn't possible anymore, and got on our way. Nothing like a huge shot of adrenaline to help you sleep!

Today we're going to go for a quick ride to "warm up" for tomorrow and then make the short drive into Hershey after lunch for a clinic and rider meeting. Here's the route sheet for tomorrow, the first tour day-

http://bikeroutetoaster.com/course.aspx?course=44463

Thanks for reading. Check back for updates and gratuitous pictures of spandex!