Bike Touring on the East Coast: Manchaug to Concord

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

Manchaug to Concord

During a rough overnight in Manchaug fighting coughs and sinuses, I again considered holding up somewhere until I got better, but then I awoke feeling somewhat better. After saying our goodbyes to Paula, which now leaves our group at five riders, we headed for Concord, an off-route alternative to our original plans of Boston, riding about 46 miles with about 2,600 feet of climbing. We planned to stay in the home of Lucy and Brian, longtime friends of Kathy and her sister Carolyn. There we'll also spend our last rest day of the tour as Concord has a lot of Revolutionary history and Brian will be our guide.