4300+ ft elevation gain! Well, well welcome to the first day of the bike trip!
Today we planned on leaving the campsite at 6:30 AM., however overnight decided that it would be a good idea to start the day earlier than that. Blake and I set the record for packing up all of our clothes and taking down our tent. We started at 5:43 (one of the early risers woke both of us up), and took less than 30 minutes! We finished way before the leaving time of 630, due to another fellow scout (Daniel) helping finish with the tents.
Tire dip in the Atlantic
After doing the ritual of tire dipping, we went to Wawa’s, a huge gas station. On our way, after a few miles of biking, we hit a wall (really long hill that seems to never end). At Wawa’s, I went with the classic banana and cinnamon roll. We left the Wawa’s and started riding again.
The hills of Maryland
Just a side note, thank you Shell and Pizza and Subs for giving us free water!
A few miles after we left Pizza and Subs, we had our first flat tire of the trip. Hugh hit a pothole (43 miles in), which caused the incident. We then traveled another eight miles to Weis for lunch. I feasted on Snyders honey mustard and onion nibblers, a popsicle and a huge pink lady apple.
Flat fix #1
A few miles after we departed from Weis, we biked a few more miles until Daniel hit a big rock, which caused the second flat of the day (55 miles in). After we finished the hill that we were on, we went off to the side, and realized that Hughes tire was flat as well. At 56 miles, this was our third flat of the day.
Flat fix #2
We slogged through the last 15 miles and capped off the day in a 7/11.
After a mile ride, we found ourselves at the house that we are staying the night in for. Huge thanks to Briann and Kristie Richards for letting us stay the night at their House.
Signing off...