Connecticut is Conquered

Tonight we're staying in Poughkeepsie, NY at a local Church.

Yesterday was an awesome ride. We thought it was going to be a 70 mile day, but it ended up only being 50, so that got our day started in a great way. After a quick misdirection (only a mile or so out of the way) it was a hilly, fun day. I don't have a computer still, but the guys I was with on one hill clocked themselves at 47 mph as I was passing them. Definitely a fast day. When we were about 10 miles from Kent school Andy, a Bike & Build alum from 2004 and our host for the night, waved our group down and hooked us up with Gatorade. He also told us about a sweet waterfall about 4 miles outside of town that we decided to stop at. We all went for a swim (pictures later), and then stopped for ice cream as we got into town. It was definitely a good day that will stick with us for a while.

This morning was supposed to be a 30 mile ride, but due to a wrong turn at the beginning of the ride it turned into a forty miler for about 10 of us. A detour around a broken a bridge added a huge hill, and then we got our first experience with switchbacks for the summer shortly after entering New York. There was a climb of about 2 miles that really made us all work hard. Jake St. and I somehow missed lunch, so we stopped at a gas station and got peanuts and ice cream. That's nutritious. After getting into Poughkeepsie we showered and then our group did laundry before dinner. Tonight we had our first Affordable Housing meeting, where our group shares the research we've done on the topic.

We've got two 70 mile days now before we reach Binghamton for our next build day.