{"id":1262,"date":"2011-06-23T21:56:32","date_gmt":"2011-06-24T01:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/?p=1262"},"modified":"2011-06-23T21:56:32","modified_gmt":"2011-06-24T01:56:32","slug":"bobs-bike-trip-3-day-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/2011\/06\/23\/bobs-bike-trip-3-day-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Bob’s Bike Trip (3) Day 5"},"content":{"rendered":"

Believe it or not, I trained for this ride….a couple of weeks ago saw me taking 3-4 40 mile rides a week.\u00a0 But one thing I didn’t train for was RAIN!\u00a0 Originally, when I “conceived” of biking to the Cape, I’d planned to take my time at each stop, riding a few miles per day… if it rained, I’d just stay put until the rain stopped.<\/p>\n

“Year One'” took 8 days, “Year Two” was 7, so (somehow) I had to keep it at 7 this year. This, however, was an error!\u00a0 Because today it rained… as in all day, drenching rain.\u00a0\u00a0 As in soaked to the bone, chilling, squelching in the sneakers rain!\u00a0 Plus I was driving on deadly Route 2, which has lots of things… mostly cars and trucks.\u00a0 Rt. 2 is just missing one thing, and that’s shoulders on the side of the road.\u00a0 So I got to ride on the little white line while 18 wheelers drove past me on both sides of the road, while it was pouring and my glasses were opaque.<\/p>\n

\"Rain\"<\/a><\/p>\n

But, I’m not complaining, because my friend Dave Doherty drove from Worcester to pick me up at the Laundry-Mat in Orange, Ma, and took me back to safety in his home.\u00a0 Thanks Dave!<\/p>\n

Along the way I had several great adventures, like when it really started to come down, I ducked inside a car wash… another time I hid in someone’s garage. When I finally got to Orange, Ma, I went to a laundry-mat to dry my old rotting clothes.\u00a0 But first I had to dry out my $20 to feed the coin maching… now I have 76 quarters that I don’t ksssssssssssssssssssssssssssooooooooooooooooooooooo\u00a0\u00a0 sleeping again!<\/p>\n

The upshot is that I only did 30 miles today, plus 70 miles by car, and am in Worcester now AND the weather for the next two days is decidely “iffy”! Tommorrow, more rain?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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