We were ready to roll this morning about our normal time of 8:30am. We had some breakfast provided by the motel, said goodbye to the neighbors and rolled out. There was a lip from the gravel parking lot up to the pavement. Jon must have hit it at an odd angle because his tire rolled off the rim and went flat. We headed back into the motel and Jon took a look at the tire.
The local bike shop didn't open until 10am. Jon wanted to get it fixed right while we had a bike shop as it will be several more days before they have a bike shop available again. Cherie (owner of the motel) offered to drive us the 2.5 miles back into town to the bike shop and then pick us up when it was fixed. The owner got it fixed quickly and by 11am we had the bikes loaded and were ready to depart again.
There was some rain last night from Henri, but we were dry in the motel. We anticipated rain today, and had our rain covers on our panniers and rain jackets close at hand when we finally got on the road. The sky this morning was very cloudy and looked like rain. All of our preparations were for naught - we only got a little drizzle for a few minutes and then the sun finally peeked out from behind the clouds.
The ride today was similar to the last two days. Lots of steep hills, rolling hills and beautiful scenery. There are lots of little towns with cabins, lodges and small motels catering to the tourists coming to the various lakes in the region.
Some of the lakes we went by today were Seventh Lake, Eighth Lake, Raquette (pronounced "racquet") Lake, Blue Mountain Lake, Long Lake and Lake Harris where we are staying tonight. I got pictures of some of the lakes, but many were obscured from view by trees. Here are pictures of the lakes I got: Raquette Lake and Blue Mountain Lake.
I saw this sign for a hiking trail in the mountains as I was just getting to the top of one of the many climbs for the day. I was feeling like this could describe me after another climb or two! I imagine there is a great story about how the trail got its name.
With the late start this morning and 50 miles to cover, I didn't roll into camp until about 5:30pm. There wasn't anywhere to eat in Newcomb so we bought food in Long Lake to eat in camp. Our gourmet meal tonight consisted of Dinty Moore beef stew, along with cookies and other snacks we had. Boy was that beef stew good! Everything tastes better when you are hungry from a long ride!
Our campsite tonight is on Lake Harris. On my way to camp I crossed the Hudson River. It isn't as big this far north.
I have two more riding days on my trip. It seems like I've been on the road a long time, but it has only been a month. It is easy to slip into the routine on the road. I have to check my phone or watch to even know what day it is! I will miss that....
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