Today’s cool air and flat roads treated the Across America Trekkers well! Traveling a strong 76 miles, they cycled from Fairmont, MN to Austin, MN, but not before catching a few afternoon z’s and making an ice cream stop in Albert Lea.
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Hello fans! Today we woke up in a horrible thunder storm and we got out of camp 20 minute late after taking some extra time to make sure our bikes had enough air in the tires. Then we biked from Coburg to Colborne where we got lunch and went to an alpaca farm. We met Amy and her alpaca named Contessa and cuddled with her dogs. We had an amazing dinner cooked by Ashley’s cooking crew. Blog post written by Avery, Paul & Ashley
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Our good luck with the weather caught up with us today as we huddled in a single hotel room to watch a movie and wait out a down pour. By 2pm, checkout time, there was no let up, despite the forecast, so we rolled on into the bitter cold biting drizzle. A mixed day of beautiful New England, a return to the woods, and record speeds. We arrived just at dark and pitched our tents dry under an awning. We ordered a Chinese feast to the campground and ate contentedly. The rain sounds beautiful, but hopefully will be gone in the morning.
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The heat finally started to break for the Across America Trekkers today! After waking up for a warm breakfast, they traveled from Worthington, MN to Fairmont, MN. They got to ride on a nice shady bike path and they had a delicious and nutritious salad with chicken for dinner. They plan to catch up to the world’s largest bike tour, RAGBRAI, some time in the next few days.
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The Across America Trekkers had a late start today due to a big round of necessary bike mechanics that held them up in the morning. Nonetheless, they still had a strong day, logging 65 miles and ending in Worthington, MN, their first time camping in Minnesota!
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Today we started in Bowmansville, ON. We woke up at 7:30, got everything ready and surprisingly got out 10 minutes early. Overall today was a very hilly day, it was torturous. In between the hills, we stopped in some people’s yards to fill up our water bottles, bought groceries, feasted on ice cream, and FINALLY made it to our camp destination in Coburg, ON. For dinner, cooking crew made fried rice and chicken. it was delicious. Now we plan on getting ice cream and going for a swim.
– Keya and Paul
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After a luxurious hotel breakfast, we walked over to the RISD art museum and spent a few hours in awe. Then we explored a used book store. We got ice cream and played capture the flag in massive, beautiful Roger Williams Park, switching bikes on the ride home to ‘walk (bike) some miles in our friends’ shoes (bikes). We all gained some empathy for the plights of each other, except for Bret (Felix), whose bike, we all concluded, is awesome. Then we shot pool at a pool restaurant and took our fancy hotel shuttle back for a final night’s sleep in civilization.
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The sun was a perfect red orb rising through the haze over the Connecticut River as we swiftly packed our gear and glided down the final miles till Providence through country hills, strip malls, and, finally the city. We got directions from some nice urbanites who were inspired by our journey.
The Hampton Inn, our fancy hotel in downtown Providence, does not realize how out of place and wild their newest clientele is. No complaints here! Had lunch, did laundry, showered for the first time in days, and took some much much needed naps. Woke up at 7pm for some fancy grilled cheese and a walk to the lighting ceremony of the Water Fire Festival, where boats lit basins of wood in the middle of the river. We gawked, walked, and talked around the burning river till late before collapsing into our cavernous sheets.
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