Today is our rest day in Gettysburg. This is a fascinating town, with old civil war buildings, many restaurants and pubs and shops. The local bicycle club welcomed us into town yesterday, gave us a great dinner, and three of the members took us on a cycling tour of the battlefield today. All very very nice.
Yesterday I started out the ride figuring I would take it easy and see how far I could get before I started feeling bad again, then stop for the day. Well I got to about mile 25 and still felt great, so I rode on. At 50 miles I was starting to be sore, but felt ok so on I went. At 75mi I was starting to get tired, but still felt ok so I figured I would see if I could do a few more miles. At 90 miles I WAS tired and sore, but I figured I had come this far, and my head felt ok, so on I went. Well, to my delight, I was able to finish the ride!! And I accomplished a personal climbing record! It felt so good to finish the days riding with the group again. Hopefully I can ride the full 2 days of riding left to reach DC.
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| The road through a beautiful state park on the way to Gettysburg |
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| Pennsylvania woodlands |
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| Gettysburg battlefield |
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| Exploring Gettysburg park |
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| Jeff E, Luke, Jeff S, me, Tom |
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| Our bikes from the tower |
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| Original civil war Gettysburg cannons |
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| Thank you Hanover bicycle club!! |
Oh, I'm SO glad you're able to ride with the group again!
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