{"id":396,"date":"2010-06-24T23:09:59","date_gmt":"2010-06-25T03:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/2010\/06\/24\/radio-blogs-bike-trip-day-5\/"},"modified":"2010-06-24T23:17:45","modified_gmt":"2010-06-25T03:17:45","slug":"radio-blogs-bike-trip-day-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/2010\/06\/24\/radio-blogs-bike-trip-day-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio Blog’s Bike Trip (day 5)"},"content":{"rendered":"

I had a day full of life lessons just waiting to be learned! (there, that sounds positive, right?)<\/p>\n

It started out great…. going down Whitcomb Mtn in Florida Ma, with speeds up to 35mph. However a bike shop in Greenville, told me that I could NOT ride on Rt 2, so they gave me an alternative way.<\/p>\n

Life Lesson #!: make sure your maps are up to date (my old map showed a skinny red line for rt 2, but it should have been a fat, divided-hoghway sort of line)<\/p>\n

Anyway, this detour added about 10 miles to the trip…. and a REALLY LOT of grinding uphill miles.<\/p>\n

Life Lesson #2: get a car, horse, motorcycle or hovercraft<\/p>\n

I had another flat at the top of one of these hills.<\/p>\n

Life Lesson #3: be sure to stop in bike stores everywhere and purchase a new tube.<\/p>\n

Then (as I was driving past a desolate stretch of road) the violent thunderstorm hit. It was raining so much even cars slowed down! No shelter for me or the bike. So I just parked next to the guardrail and let the heavens dump on me.<\/p>\n

Then I got something in my eye, so I couldn’t see the debris from the storm I was trying to miss.<\/p>\n

Life lesson #4…. don’t ride in the rain.<\/p>\n

I finally made it only 75 miles (in 9 hours) to a wonderful B & B in Barre, MA. (the Jenkins Family Inn and Restaurant) where the owners save my life (more or less) they washed my clothesl, rented me a room, fed me a fabulous dinner (I was starving) and provided me with a pair of very interesting table companions.<\/p>\n

Life Lesson #5: stay at B and B’s if you can!No idea what happens tomorrow, but<\/p>\n

Only one photo today, this Mohawk Trail Monument.<\/p>\n

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Mohawk Trail Monument, Charlemont, MA.<\/p><\/div>\n

No idea what happens tomorrow, but I’m already looking forward to breakfast!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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