Similar outfit, different day. Not quite dressed for rain, because it's not been predicted for today, I'm doing the happy dance!!! Today's weather is cloudy, hot and humid as we cycled from Worcester MA, to Windsor Lock, CT.Our day began with climbing out of Worcester and continued with climbing almost the entire way into Windsor Lock. I never new how hilly Connecticut was. It's almost as hilly as our ride into Worcester...wait a minute, there were some hills that were longer and steeper then yesterday. Yeah, Connecticut wins, it has more hills!
Here is a picture of me crossing into Connecticut at the state line. We road through some very picturesque countryside where we saw leaves already changing on the trees. We came around one corner to see houses that had no roofs and the sides of the houses were missing. We were told this is an area that was hit by a Tornado. Trees were bent over and some were split like toothpicks. It was so sad to see how the Tornado torn through this small valley of homes!
As we continued our ride we cycled through Brimfield, Stafford and finally into Windsor Lock. I saw two smooched snakes today and loads of smooched frogs. They must have been out dancing in the streets during the recent rain storms, looks like it was their last dance!
The ride was 68 miles today and because of the hills it took about 5 and a half hours. We took a few breaks and were sure to eat some lunch before heading to check in to the hotel. All in all a great day.
After route rap I went for dinner with Carolyn and Lou McAdams, dear friends from our VBT Ireland trip. Thank you so much for making the trip to Windsor Lock, I really enjoyed catching up with you and hope Lou enjoys his new job!!!
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