Diary

Mileage:  82 miles  (132 kms)

Elevation Change:  1725 feet   (526 meters)

Weather:  sunny, beastly hot, and humd

Morale:  sapped by the heat

Incidents:  Christopher wore his new T-shirts

Daily Summary:

What a scorcher!  We rolled out of Niagara Falls at 7am on a nice ride across upstate New York.  By 10am, though, the weather was unbearably hot and humid.  It really sapped our strength and energy.  We pushed on to finish just after noon, and spent the afternoon with the A/C up so high that I’m sitting here with a fleece sweater on.   I was so tired I took a nap!

 

Yesterday in NF Christopher wanted to get some T-shirts made for him and Christine to wear at SAG stops.  We did, and they turned out well, so today was the T-shirt debut at the first SAG.  You can see the front and back below.  Then at route rap Christopher presented them to the group, and did a very good job.  Several people have come up to me and told me how much he’s grown and matured on this trip. 

 

The other pic below is how Raymond maintains his upper body strength—pushups with his backpack on!