During Spring 2015, a group of friends and I will be touring the entire east coast from Key West, Florida to Bar Harbor, Maine, approximately 2,500 miles in total, following the Atlantic Coast route created by the Adventure Cycling Association. This will be a self contained fully loaded bike tour which means I'll be carrying around 45 lbs. or so. I'm looking forward to experiencing the east coast like never before. With this blog, I plan to post pictures as we progress using the BlogPress APP on my mobile phone. Let's see how it goes and wish me luck. On a bike tour such as this, our daily challenges and not necessarily in this order, will be our physical condition, food, shelter, traffic, navigation, and weather. The above picture was taken during my Southern Tier crossing of the U.S. in spring of 2008. Bike touring requires a specific mind set and a passion.

Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Concord to Exeter

Today's ride to Exeter from Concord, about 53 miles with 2,200 feet of gain, was completely off the ACA route. Instead we used Google's bike route to travel to Exeter because it was shorter and more direct. Everyone was pleasantly surprised that it was easy to follow and mostly on bike friendly country roads. Unfortunately, many of two lane country roads between the small towns of Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire are often overwhelmed by traffic during the commute hours. For me, the temperature was coolish all day with a high of only 61 degrees accompanied by a cold breeze blowing throughout the day.










































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