August 28, 2008

Today we rode 57 miles from Binhampton to Lackawana State PArk, PA. We moved from NY into PA today. It was another one of the most beautiful rides that I have been on. I would love to come back to PA or NY to hike or canoe or bum around. The route was auite hilly the last 10 miles, very steep and fun. We camp down a hill once to a very beautiful, placid lake that stood still in time. I talked to a senior in high school who works at the state park renting boats. He loves to mountain bike in the state park and go downhill skiing around here. More talk about the end of the ride in peleton. Yikes! 3 different police escorts the last day, shuttles, etc. Many people are joining us for dinner the last day at a local church, friends and family of cyclists. We stopped at a sweet bike shop in New Milford. I have never seen so much stuff packed into such a small place. It definitely had character. I wouldn't mind running a bike shop like that some day. At a coffee shop in town I had a stellar cranberry-orange muffin. Hans rode Claire's 3 wheeler for the last 10 miles and Claire rode Hans' two wheeler. I don't think he knew that all those big, steep hills were coming. Suppossed to be a skreamer tomorrow. So excited! Tonight we celebrate communion for the last time in peleton. The state park here has great pizza and ice cream.