6/04/19

We started our day by going backwards 1 mile to McDonalds.  This is our first McDonalds of this ride.  We have a new person this ride but a former Alumni from the TransAM Charlie Shuttleworth joining us.

The day started out cold but we are getting used to it.  We had our 4^th state crossing going into New York. This crossing was unique in that we crossed into the state via Ferry.  We also had somewhat of a group picture at this point

Our first rest stop was at Ticonderoga which is a very historical location in United State’s history.

This day became historic in another way for me.  Ed and I had an accident.  Ed went off the paved shoulder into the soft sand and when coming back on the paved shoulder I hit the back of Ed’s bike with the left gear/break mechanism on my bike.  It damaged the mechanism beyond repair and I had to ride the last 20 miles in my low front ring.  It wasn’t really too bad since most of the 20 miles were climbing miles.  Here are a couple of the pictures of the damage.

We spent the night at the St. Therese Church in Newcomb.  Father Peler provide us with a pizza dinner.  This was great and important since there was not a lot to choose from in Newcomb.