In the Zone

July 17th - 12th Day of Biking!



We definitely got in the mileage today. The heat hung in the air since we were inland, but the terrain was much flatter, which is apparently the only variable that matters in terms of how far we can manage to go. We saw quite the smattering of countryside: we started along a river, continued through a valley, passed many farms and the occasional stripmall, and finally arrived at the ocean again in Grand Pre. For the farmland portion, sometimes the only distinction that we were traveling anywhere was the change in crops: corn and wheat to beans to berries (the air smelled like strawberries!) and then back to a sea of corn and wheat. We managed to ignore the heat for the most part but what was tiresome was the cars zooming by like they owned the road. Hearing that sound for hours can be exhausting, especially since the shoulder of the road has now disappeared.

Today was the first day that some butt chaffing started (tmi?), other than that, the only parts of us that are sore are our arms, hands, and shoulders. You would think that biking would mostly strain your legs...

We only stopped for 15 minutes at a time and decided that one of those stops would be to find out what the Tim Horton's chain is about - we see them everywhere around here. As it turns out, it's a mix between Starbucks and Dunkin' Donuts, perhaps lower quality food, but nicer seating and they recycle and compost!! In fact, everywhere recycles and composts around here, even the campgrounds!.

Well, I guess that's all for now.

Mileage: 61.16 miles

Musings: What does "Clean Fill Needed" mean? We saw it a lot outside of businesses and houses in Maine and some here.