Travel Journal
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Bridgeport, CT to New Haven, CT
We didn’t have far to ride to our afternoon check-in AirBNB, so we were able to take a lazy morning. A slow wake-up, Steve had coffee on, and then we all walked over to the Harborside Cafe for breakfast. Not actually beside any harbor, it’s instead an awesome, bustling, community-oriented place on a residential corner.… Read more…
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Chappaqua, NY to Bridgeport, CT
We always get good send-offs when we finally depart from our families’ homes, but it’s going to be tough to beat a 7- and 5-year-old hugging, waving, shouting goodbyes, and then running after us up the driveway and into the street, only turning around when called back by mom since Sydney was wearing nothing but… Read more…
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Chappaqua, NY
We didn’t know how long we’d be welcomed to stay at Luke and Andrea’s, but we wanted to spend as much time as we could getting to know this relatively-uncontacted segment of our tribe without burdening them (and, we still needed a break), so we hoped for at least three days. Well, then there was… Read more…
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Poughkeepsie, NY to Chappaqua, NY
In this part of New York heading south, the Empire State Trail is a fully-off-road, paved bike path. It also runs along former rail lines, so has uses much gentler grades than the roads that cross the still-significant hills on the east side of the Hudson Valley. Finding those gentle slopes was definitely a challenge… Read more…
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Mt. Tremper, NY to Poughkeepsie, NY
Last night I rode off in the dark (to let the caretaker know that I wouldn’t be delivering our food to her for storage after all), and I nearly wiped out just as I started because my pedal fell off. Apparently 46 miles worth of pedaling had been enough to “unstick” it from its half-on/half-off… Read more…
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Andes, NY to Mt. Tremper, NY
Our beautiful lakeside campsite remained nice and dry all night, so we were able to keep the rainfly on Rett’s side of the tent rolled away, giving her the panoramic picture window onto the glassy water reflecting the lightening morning sky. Following our dinner idea of bringing frozen meals from the dollar store, we had… Read more…
