Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Day 2: New Galena, PA to Mountville, PA
We woke up early at Fricker's. Fricker is currently living in a converted chicken coop on a lavander farm. Curiously enough, it's the perfect place for him.
He lives within walking distance from where he works, and within walking distance from the dojo where he trains. After his girlfriend fed us some pumpkin-chocolate chip muffins (we had a lot - they were kind of hard to stop eating). He gave us a bit of a tour.
Naturally, I also played with the dog.
Then we were off, a little late, as usual. Leaving Fricker's was a relaxing ride. Despite having a little more trouble following our route, we had a pretty good ride. Jillian caught an awesome picture in a park.
Around lunch time we stopped at a Dairy Queen for some food. We also had a lengthy conversation with a nice gentleman and his granddaughter.
When we were confused about where we were, we had to stop and check the Garmin. Unfortunately, we weren't sure how to make the display brighter. So we had to come up with a different solution.
As we approached Morgantown, PA the clouds looked awful. Then we started a lengthy, two mile long hill. At the top, the rain really hit. We donned rain gear and pressed on.
When we reached New Holland, we stopped at a CVS to get some food and use a bathroom. Around here I noticed I was getting very, very cold. I tried my rain pants, but they kept getting caught in the gears. So I had to switch to my cycling tights. Add a pair of wool socks, and a few miles later I started warming up. Eventually, we reached Lancaster where we discovered that the Eden road we were looking for was not the route we really wanted. We took a route right through the city, and finally rolled into Jillian's parents house as it started to get dark. They were more than just a little concerned that we had taken so long to get there.
They gave us some delicious food, and we passed out. It was another depressing day. Though we finished 86 miles, our pace had slipped slightly. We'd also gotten stuck riding in the rain and had finished in the dark again. Both of our knees had started hurting quite a bit.
End of the day in Mountville? Kinda demoralized.
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