6.21.2002

Four Days

I'm relaxing in Durham, NH, after four full days of cycling, and a good 320 miles. It's been slow in the velocity sense, due to my ~15 pounds of baggage. However, my sore backside and my body have held out, and I managed to reach the tri-city area a day ahead of schedule, spending a night at my friend Seth's house in Berwick, Maine, before continuing to Durham on schedule.

In case anybody cares, here's a short report on the trip:

Day 1 - South Pomfret, VT --> Pomfret (extremely high hill) --> Thetford --> Well's River --> Woodsville, NH --> Monroe (70 miles). Big breakfast, Subway for dinner. Spent that night on someone's property that was thick with small fir trees and very soft. Slept 14 hours.
Day 2 - Monroe --> Littleton --> Lancaster --> Colebrook --> Dixville Notch (1,780 ft) --> Errol (104 miles!). 12 donuts, 1 quart of buttermilk, and a hot dog with fixin's. Saw a moose with her two young. Paid $10 for a tent site on the Androscoggin River in Errol.
Day 3 - Errol --> Berlin --> Gorham --> Pinkham Notch (2,200 ft) --> Conway --> Albany (79 miles). 10 hot dogs, a loaf of bread, some random condiments, a soft-serve ice cream, a quart of OJ, a Friendly's burger & sundae. Two moose and a very dead deer. Slept uncomfortably near the foot of Mt Chocorua in the woods.
Day 4 - Albany --> Ossippee --> Milton --> Rochester (53 miles). Picked up in Rochester by Seth. Rode on Day 5 about 13 miles from Berwick to Durham.