Manhattan $55 :: food, tickets Rowland insists on giving me $30, arguing that it is for his own vicarious enjoyment of the city. Ok, ok. He drops me at the train station and heads to work. I’m back in the position of not knowing how things work. I have 4 tickets, 2 for now and…

Greenwood Lake, NJ to Maplewood, NJ $10 :: BF, snacks 41.80 mi ::

Cornwall on Hudson, NY to Greenwood Lake, NJ $10 :: chinese, coffee, snacks 46.87 mi :: 4.25 hr :: 37.6 mph :: 10.5 mph :: 6777 mi I cook oatmeal in my hotel room, tolerating the mundane morning TV just because it’s there. I do a little work on the bike, write, try to make…

Norrie State Park, NY to Cornwall on Hudson, NY $54 :: BF, ice cream, motel room 42.00 mi :: 4.10 hr :: 31.7 mph :: 10.0 mph :: 6730 mi It’s fun riding off the mansion grounds, casual and unobserved at quarter to seven. On the way to Poughkeepsie I peek at the Vanderbuilt and…

Norfolk, CT to Norrie State Park, NY $2 :: coffee, donut 70.21 mi :: 6.16 hr :: 32.7 mph :: 11.1 mph :: 6688 mi I wake up, it’s too light to be night, too dark to be morning, and very cold. The thought of leaving the sleeping bag is unbearable, so I tell myself…

Crystal Lake, CT to Norfolk, CT $12 :: grocs, coffee, snack 57.19 mi :: 5.18 hr :: 37.9 mph :: 10.7 mph :: 6618 mi A cloudy, threatening morning. I say goodby to all my friends at the Del-Arie Campground, promise to stop and see Furly in Florida, and ride off. The goodbye is always…

Northbridge, MA to Crystal Lake, CT $55 :: BF, snack, grocs, campsite 52.16 mi :: 4.43 hr :: 40.5 mph :: 11.0 mph :: 6561 mi During the night I get an idea and can’t sleep. I sit on the clifftop, smoke, and think. The essence of it was that, as Sun built an empire…

Danstable, MA to Northbridge, MA $18 :: BF, lunch, snack 47.11 mi :: 4.04 hr :: 32.4 mph :: 11.5 mph :: 6509 mi Cold, dewy, but sunny morning. At breakfast in Groton, I impress the propietor Carol with my appetite. Everyone else there knows each other. When they learn I’m from Wyoming, they seem…

Kittery Point, ME to Dunstable, MA $16 :: mocha, lunch, dinner 77.98 mi :: 6.27 hr :: 31.5 mph :: 12.0 mph :: 6461 mi Portsmouth is a nice town – attractive and stylish (including the women). I have a delicious mocha and a guy comes up with a Rhodesian Ridgeback. At 8 months old,…

York Beach, ME to Kittery Point, ME $8 :: coffee, ice cream, snacks 10.12 mi :: 1.58 hr :: 23.5 mph :: 5.1 mph :: 6383 mi I have a nice breakfast of eggs, bacon, cinnamon-raisin toast that Lorraine makes. We take pictures and they watch me ride off. I’m getting very familiar with the…