Day 62. Bridgton to Georgetown,ME. 102 miles

Finished the ride yesterday. The stats are in:

112,793 vertical feet climbed

3,634 miles

4 centuries

2 1,600+ mile months

Seems like it just started. 

The last day was one to be remembered. I had no rear brakes when the ride started, but after a substantial amount of anguish was able to get started. Made a wrong turn, and went about 15 miles out of the way-another unintentional century ride. About half way through, the rear derailleur failed me. I could not get it to work properly, so I decided to LIMP to the end. All on the last day of a 62 day ride. But, I made it!

Day 61. N Woodstock,NH to Bridgton,ME. 68 miles.

N Woodstock is another of the quaint little towns I got to see. Up early. Breakfast. Got to "Climb the Kank". The Kankamangus Hwy is a climb of 2000 ft. All the big climbs are loaded in the beginning and end of the trip. The back roads that we rode in the afternoon were much harder. Old roads are paved on grade with little excavation. As a result they are generally steeper in the beginning and at the top. HARDER!

Only one more day to ride! 

Unbelieveable!

49 degrees when we started today!

Brrrrrrrrr!

I have had two 1,600+ mile months, and climbed over 107,000 vertical feet. 

Day 60. Bethel,VT to N Woodstock,NH. 75 miles.

Up early. The B&B was sort of a dump. The people running it were in way over their pay grade. We ate pizza in town for dinner. Another long day. Had no Internet service most of today, so if you tried to mail or call-SORRY!

We had a country band for entertainment after dinner at a park across the street. 

We did two big climbs today-1,000 and 1500 ft. The big and last one will be in the morning. It will be 2000 ft. 

Whoopee!

Day 59. Ticonderoga to Bethel,VT. 64 miles.

Well, the Odyssey is drawing to a close. I have a flight home next week. 

Up early, breakfast and then catch the 7 am ferry to Vermont. The roads in VT are terrible, maybe worse than Cleveland's. we got caught by rain twice. Nan had a flat tire. 

The climb up Bread Loaf was unbelieveable. The climbing was loaded in the bottom and top. The top was about a 12% grade for the last 1 1/12 miles. 

A band was playing both kinds of music on the square-Country and Western!

Think about it, ok?

I even got a little culture on the ride. 

Day 58. Ticonderoga to Ticonderoga. 0 miles

A sudden, but welcome REST DAY, also seldom. Rain forecast for all day. Temperature in the high 60's. am staying put. Staying at the Green Acres Motel. I keep looking for Eddie Albert and Zsa Zsa, and Arnold the pig. And don't forget Mr Peavey. 

Day 57. Blue Mountain Lake to Ticonderoga. 72 miles.

Up at 6 am. Needed to get a good start. The place where we stayed was great. It was called Blue Mountain Rest. I have been staying in hotels for a while-need rest. I have not taken a rest day since leaving Wisconsin. 

The terrain has gotten much tougher in the past few days-climbed 3,911 feet today-more coming this week. 

Those animals are bison. 

Day 56. Booneville to Blue Mountain Lake,NY. 60 miles

Late start today-10 am. The terrain picked up where it left off yesterday-very tough. The climbs were short but were 13-16% grades. We could not make good time. Found a real tourist trap in the Adirondack Mountains -Old Forge. Lunch was Almost $100. Can't wait to go back there. It was good however.