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June 21
Hamburg NY to the Finger Lakes- 92 miles- this was a beautiful ride- lots of climbing- but nice weather- gorgeous scenery- I had lead legs today- so I didn't really feel like riding- but still it was a good day- I was 4th. rider in- Darryl was on fire- he got to the hotel before the support staff-
 

June 22
Finger Lakes to Syracuse- 68 miles- this was a great day- 2nd. rider in- 4:45 minutes on the road- we went through Erie Canal State Park-really beautiful- New York wins the prize for bugs- now I know what my windshield feels like- yesterday I swallowed a bug so big that it nearly knocked me off my bike when it went in my mouth- YUCK-
anyway- I like NY- good roads, good food, beautiful scenery-
see you out there
Jim
 

June 23
First- an update on the update- a couple of days ago I wrote that I couldn't really remember anything from the ride from Erie Penn- that was true- but I have remembered an important detail- while in Erie we (Rich, Laura, Darryl and me) went to visit the office of the Erie Otter's- a minor league Hockey team- they gave us some Otter flags for our bikes and thus TEAM OTTER was born- Janie has become an honorary member- since we had 5 flags  and Maryann as well- (since they are both blazing fast)- so we are becoming truly obnoxious with our Otter chants and our flags-- but team Otter continues to come in at the tip of the spear- yesterday- we were riders 1-5 in and today riders 3-8 ,
so
Syracuse to Little Falls NY- 79 miles- 4:50 min- this was a nice ride- beautiful scenery, good roads not much traffic- and team Otter pretty much rode together- except for Janie who was too fast for us to keep up with her-
Catholic Charities set up an impromptu SAG stop with drinks, and food at mile 56- just a good day or riding
 

June 24
Little Falls NY to Albany NY- 69 miles- Catholic Charities set up another impromptu SAG stop today- with more food, drinks, music and lots of people to cheer us- this was really nice- the first part of the ride was nice- not much climbing, good roads, cool weather, little traffic- but the last 20 miles were mostly through towns, lots of obnoxious traffic- we ( TEAM OTTER- bet it's already getting obnoxious to you-) almost got hit several times by people you are obviously driving in a coma- how do you not see 7 bikes in a line- with orange flags- and our TEAM OTTER flags below those?- anyway- we all got here safe- and today is over- 2 more riding days until we are in Boston- than a a short ride to the ocean on Friday-
Tomorrow- Brattleboro VT- less traffic- but Monster climbing- but TEAM OTTER will prevail-
 
See you out there
Jim
 

June 25
Albany NY to Brattleboro VT- 80 miles- monster climbing,- today- the best I can say about it- is it's over- the weather was great- and really the climbing- while intense- a 12.5 mile climb and a lot of shorter one- all climbs have downs- which are equally intense- but- the roads were in really bad shape- and the traffic was incessant- spent most of the day trying not to get hit- but at least it's over- and tomorrow we go through New Hampshire and into Massachusetts- Friday we go to the ocean- FRIDAY IS THE FINAL DAY!!