Greetings from Pennsylvania!! We left Owego early, on a foggy cold morning, as we biked along the Sus
quehana. The first 25 miles today was through the morning rush hour as we made our way to and through Binghampton. Not the most pleasant of riding. In fact, most of the day was spent getting us from Owego to Clark's Summit in a pretty straight shot, but actually on a marked bike route (Route 2) for the first half. Not much in the way of backroads today. A few of us had lunch at a great diner (the Conklin Diner) which had a great baseball theme (primarily a Yankees shrine with the Red Sox relegated to the bathroom- wrong in so many ways!). We crossed into PA at mile 32, and rolled along many hills. We did get a 22 mile "descent" but the headwind was so stron
g we really couldn't stop pedaling. Then a considerable amount of climbing to our destination in lovely Clarks Summit (1400 feet elevation). It was our hottest day yet, and luckily the "video boys" sprayed us with supersoakers near the top of the last climb. Ken had one more flat a half mile from the finish so he walked it in!!! We celebrated the week with the Anchor House
banquet. Newell Benedict got an award
for five year participation. We also learned that so far $360,000 was raised!! Tomorrow we climb Moosic Mountain (a 4 mile climb on our way to Stroudsburg). And now a good night to all!!!
quehana. The first 25 miles today was through the morning rush hour as we made our way to and through Binghampton. Not the most pleasant of riding. In fact, most of the day was spent getting us from Owego to Clark's Summit in a pretty straight shot, but actually on a marked bike route (Route 2) for the first half. Not much in the way of backroads today. A few of us had lunch at a great diner (the Conklin Diner) which had a great baseball theme (primarily a Yankees shrine with the Red Sox relegated to the bathroom- wrong in so many ways!). We crossed into PA at mile 32, and rolled along many hills. We did get a 22 mile "descent" but the headwind was so stron
g we really couldn't stop pedaling. Then a considerable amount of climbing to our destination in lovely Clarks Summit (1400 feet elevation). It was our hottest day yet, and luckily the "video boys" sprayed us with supersoakers near the top of the last climb. Ken had one more flat a half mile from the finish so he walked it in!!! We celebrated the week with the Anchor House
banquet. Newell Benedict got an award
for five year participation. We also learned that so far $360,000 was raised!! Tomorrow we climb Moosic Mountain (a 4 mile climb on our way to Stroudsburg). And now a good night to all!!!
You all look quite good for having biked several hundred miles up hill!! Congratulations to Newell and the rest of the "hardy men"! Ellen
ReplyDeleteWhat's wrong with the Yankee shrine...the Redsox do belong in the bathroom :-)
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