first of all happy 67th anniversary of Dday. today was a good day, the smoothest yet. we awoke late because of last night's struggles. greg and i fixed me rack by moving some metal and taking a screw from my fender. its a temporary fix till ithaca. we got off to an ok start, decent pace but my knee was very sore once again because of last night. we rolled through some hilltowns and closed in on utica. what a hell hole of a city. sorry if you live there, but it just seemed like an awful place. bad smell, sketchy people, many haggard abandoned buildings. we ended up making it through and headed through more farmland and small towns. clinton, home of hamilton college was pretty nice. lunch was in ilion at a discount grocery store. we bought food and made sandwiches. i had 3. they were not the best...
the day continued to be smooth. we saw more wildlife, 3 deer at various spots. wemve been seeing all kinds of game. we also traveled along a beautiful creek. we carried a decent pace. the headwind was lighter, the sun was out in force, and the riding was pretty flat. a lovely day for a bike ride. we then rode triumphantly into downtown morrisville or mo vegas as i like to call it and settled on subway for dinner. there we met dan. a giant man with a giant heart who took us in. he ate dinner with us, he got chinese next door, and is letting us stay in his backyard. we are right on a creek and its pretty greatwe made our first new friend. we love morrisville. off to ithaca to stay with carla tomorrow. so pumped.
love
jason
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