The morning was crisp and bright as I crawled out of my tent
this morning. I was so glad that it was
going to be a nice day. After the last
week of bad weather I was really afraid that we were going to have a miserable
62 mile ride to finish this odyssey.
Breakfast was a total treat as it was over in the University
of New Hampshire cafeteria. I had a huge
pile of bacon, a made to order omelet and a fresh waffle. I never
ate like this when I was in university.
This was probably a good thing as I would have wound up weighing a 1000
pounds.
Ed W, Ken C, Jos and I rolled out of town together and were
off down some of the prettiest New England roads you can imagine. There were lots of little short but steep climbs,
twists and turns. It was a total blast.
It probably helped that everyone’s spirits were high; having said that nobody
was taking any chances as nobody wanted to crash on the last day.
At lunch we meet up with Earnie and then the 5 of Rockies II
riders were off down the final 25 miles.
Just as we were leaving Ken found he had a flat at lunch so we had to
fix it before we could leave but with so many experts it took forever to fix. Jos came to the rescue with his instant stick
on patch and we were off.
Greg W had the finish line all set with balloons and a chalk
line indicating we were done. After
everyone had made it into camp there was a police escort down to the ocean for
the ceremonial wheel dip in the ocean.
My friends John and Dereka showed up to help me celebrate. Wow was it ever great.
Terry
4 comments:
Congratulations!! What an incredible journey!!
Congratulations on your epic journey. We were starting to wonder since there was no finishing word for several days. We figured you must have been celebrating around the clock. On the other hand, figured you have just taken a liking to a real bed under a roof. Welcome back to the real world and well done!
Congratulations Terry, well done.
Happy for you and all the riders, especially the Rockies II guys.
Awesome my man! Congratulations!
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