Today we rode 76 miles from Byron to Southwoods RV Park. It was quite a hilly day. We must be getting to the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. Upstate New York is a beautiful place to ride with not so busy roads, smooth roads, and wide shoulders and beautiful scenery with rivers, finger lakes, and lots of trees. A local CRC brought out lunch to us at a farm along the route. We had sloppy joes, ice cream bars, fruit, and lots of other homemade goodies. We spent 2 hours at this lunch stop just eating, napping, and socializing. The air was cool but the sunshine was warm, perfect weather for riding. We arrived in camp at 4:30 pm and played on the sweet playground equipment at Sampson State Park. The park is on one of the finger lakes of New York. The lake is the view from the door of our tents, so beautiful. I ate dinner sitting right on the edge of the water. Tonight we reflected on the significance of the tour for us in our small groups. The things that stand out to me are the people, the scenery, and the day to day lifestyle, sometimes pedal to pedal lifestyle. Some big questions are – What has this trip meant to you? What was your motivation for going on the tour? What has been tugging and pulling at your heart? God knows. This questions will take some thought and reflection especially when the tour all of a sudden ends. I am so grateful for this experience. I never thought I would get to know so many people on this tour, especially so many Canadian college students. It has been lots of fun.
Last night at Southwoods RV park a group of campers came out and played some music for us on their cello, violin, and keyboard. We got some good old swing dancing going and ate lots of s’mores.
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