Connecticut has hills

Yesterday we had a 60 mile long day with a lot of hills before lunch and then not too many after. For dinner we had some really good food provided by the church we stayed at and then a yoga instructor came and we ha a yoga lesson which was perfect. Today we had a shorter 50 mile day. There were some very large hills before lunch some of which were quite steep. The first hill we hit that was not very long but very steep I made the mistake of stopping on it and I couldn't get started again and I kept falling over every time I tried. I managed to scrape up my right leg even more on every side but I was okay just a little bloody. I kept riding and made a stop with the van to get cleaned up. Coming down a hill a little later I lost my cue sheat and shortly later accidently reset my odometer so I had no idea where I was or where to go. I managed to make it to lunch which was at the enterance to some paths into the woods. We had lots of left overs from last night so we got a break from the usual pb&j. After lunch we immediately got to go down this giant hill where some people topped 40mph. The rest of the trip into Kent was mostly downhill which made up for the morning being so hilly. We stopped at this house with these sculptures in the shape of animals like elephants and giraffes and took some pictures. We're staying at the Kent school. So far these showers have the best water pressure. Today is also laundry day which is good because we were collectively as a group starting to smell. Tomorrow we cross onto New York and only have a 30 mile day.


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Location:Kent, CT