It is cool in the morning 60 degrees and the day proves to be the best day yet for riding, winds are half with us and half against. During the day...Mike gets two more flat tires..Score Mike 3. John 0. 😀
No rain in six days and none in the forecast...We travel 67 miles with 2900 ft of climbing...on schedule. on budget, on Prancer and Vixen!
Our first goal was the Washington Crossing. There is a famous painting of Washington Crossing the icey Delaware river at Midnight Cristmas Day to surprise and defeat the British at the battle it Trenton. 2400 men and another 800 that didn't make it. A ten mile march and then a fight..can you you even imagine? I think I can do this.
We push on to Philadephia, and come within a mile of the train wreck..UGH! My bad choice leads us thru north Philadelphia and thru a tough looking neighborhood. I tell Mike not.to get out of.the car and keep the doors locked! Wait? What?
We see Independence Hall and the building for the Liberty Bell but the lines are too long to go inside...time grows short.
In a rush, my tire gets caught in the train tracks and I'm on the ground in a slow motion fall from my bike. Although not hurt, the small cuts bleed. It looks bad but is.of no consequence. I think my diabetes induced low blood sugars contributed to the fall.
From there we ride to have dinner with Mary Byrne and her family...Mary and Don Byrne are friends from my graduate school days at ND some 38 years ago and she is testament to how taking care of yourself pays dividends in beauty. Don? Well not so much. We pledge to get together in.the fall.
Mike has been doing the photography...but we got internet connection issues...so just a few pics today...more tommorrow
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