Day 3, generally called hump day on the Anchor House ride cause once you're passed day three, the pedaling gets easier as your body settles into cycling for a living. Odd that there was no camel sighting today! Actually today was an easy day three- much less hilly than yesterday. And the legs feel great! The main issue was the heat. The picture below was taken at 11 am! Luckily it wasn't very humid and we had shade for a good part of the day. The worst time was being stuck at a railroad crossing with no shade at all when a very long freight train rolled by. We laughed, we cried, we fried...
Today was supposed to be 66 miles, but yours truly misread the cue sheet at one point causing our group to bike an extra 6 miles. Ah, but better to do this on a 66 mile rather than an 80 mile day! The scenery was fine today, but nothing could hold a candle to yesterday's majesty.
Today was a today spent with the "Plumb-cycles". Our dear friend Joan Plumb and her awesome kids Jaye and Gregg, who are biking in their first Anchor House along with Gregg's equally awesome girlfriend Inna. There are many parent-children combo's on the ride, as the Anchor House torch is passed on to the younger generation. My son Adam is itchin' to do the ride. Gotta get him a bike and some miles on those legs!
Joanie and Jaye! And below Gregg and Inna.
Wore my Red Sox jersey today to of course mixed reviews. I just told people that the memo was to wear the jersey of the team with the best record in the AL. Note the Yankee fan who didn't get the memo!
A much needed break from the heat came close to the end of the ride just after we crossed the Mohawk river and jumped on the Mohawk Hudson Bike trail, a lovely mostly shady bike trail that we took almost all the way to Latham, with gorgeous views of the Mohawk River and adjacent canal.
Joan got a flat five miles from the end of the ride, that Gregg expertly fixed, and soon after we finished up in Latham.
Here's my very enjoyable traveling companions today. Great day today with some pretty awesome people. Heat, what heat? Tomorrow it's on to Kingston. Again mid 90's, but who's counting?
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