This was the first time I slept in a grave yard, even though it was only for a nap, so I figured I’d take a picture of it.

What a morning! After that first long hill there was a nice down hill, which led into the nicest part of my trip yet. It was a long section of a nice shady road right next to some beautiful sunny fields. It was almost all up hill, but at ever so slight a grade. It was probably steep enough that if you placed a tennis ball on it, it wouldn’t roll, but if you gave it a little tap, it’d roll for miles. I bombed through this part. Even with it being up hill I was staying between 15 and 18 mph. It was just awesome. If the whole trip was like that you wouldn’t be able to get me to stop. It was just that good of a ride.

Speaking of enjoyable rides, when I was at the campsite yesterday, I took the trailer off and rode the bike around, and boy, what a difference. I swear I’m at least 5 mph faster without that trailer. When I get back I’m going to spend a few days on the cape and try for a century (riding 100 miles in a day). I bet I could do it. If I planned it right, I really wouldn’t have to carry much at all since there are so many places to get food and water. I bet if I pushed it I could even get 150 miles in, or maybe I’m just getting excited and over-estimating my abilities. Either way, I’m going to try it out and see how I do.

I’ve already rode over 30 miles today, which is really good considering my start time. I think I’m going to go find a shady spot, conk out for an hour and then go till I cross the Hudson.

Apparently I was really tired last night. I didn’t wake up till about 9:30 this morning, but I attribute some of that to me picking one of the shadiest sites in the park. I was tempted to make use of the free shower again but since I was already running late I decided to skip it. By the time I was done packing up and back on the road (my campsite was a few miles off my course) it was just past 11.

One of the first directions on my map today was “Turn uphill onto SR60”. When a bike map motes that the turn is up hill, Get Ready! It was definately worth it though as there’s a decent sight, and I was a deer (first of the trip I believe) and an awesome firery yellow/orange and black bird.

I did write down how much I travelled yesterday but I can’t remember it right now off the top of my head and its packed away right now so I’ll post that later.

A nice guy just stoped to see if I needed directions. He said he went touring about 25 years ago with a napsack with 25 lbs. of gear on his back. He must of been nuts! Knowing how much more gear weighed then, and how little 25 lbs. of gear is (I’ll take that much on a day hike), he had to have been roughing it. Ohh well, back to the road again.