Day Three- Ithaca to Owego NY

Hi everyone. Well day three began with a chilly start at 49F, apparently a record for these parts. One of the great things about biking 500 miles in a week is all the great food you get to eat, totally without guilt. We had a tasty breakfast at an Ithaca classic, The Ithaca diner (we also had a terrific dinner at the famous Moosewood restaurant- you know the one with all the cookbooks). We quickly warmed up with a 1 mile climb straight out of the box and enjoyed a beautiful ride through the northern Ithaca suburbs and countryside. We had every variety of wind as we headed north at first into a headwind, then came south with a nice tailwind as we headed below the Finger Lakes and biked along gorgeous roads with views of mountains on
either side. It has been encouraging to see so many apparently viable family farms. We had a 2 mile climb, that was truly two miles, and then a terrific 4+ mile descent through some of the most spectacular biking scenery imagineable. After 72 miles, we arrived in Owego, a really nice town, where we enjoyed pizza and home made wine (compliments of DJ's brother who lives in NY) along the Susquehana River. Getting set for day 4, which will be a long day of climbing as we bike through the Poconos on our way to Clarks Summit.