Got up 9am for breakfast with heavy rain. Went up to a supermarket to stock up for the road & left at 11am with heavy drizzle. It turned out I stayed across the road from Franklin D Roosevelts home so got a shot of that before I left. Cycled down route 9 to the FDR bridge & across the Hudson river, the second major river crossing. As i Crossed the bridge I could see cyclists at the other end, one of whom had panniers. When I reached them we all said hello & it turned out that Ray Boutin, the guy with panniers was heading for California via New Orleans. Ray was doing a sponsored ride to help rebuild New Orleans. (i'll post up more details later, time is tight right now) So Myself & Ray would cycle together for nearly three days.
The route today would bring us towards Port Jarvis & Milford in PA where I'd hoped to stop. We seemed to fly along the roads which were good a level, averaging 13 mph. To be honest I can't remember much of the day just now but it was a good one (must be more tired than I thought!!). I remember stopping for food around Modena at 1-1.30pm. MOst of the tim I was following Ray. simply because he was so much quicker. A great climber on a great bike that flew downhill. By 5.30 we were still 15 mile from Port Jarvis so we camped out the back of a country store where the owner offered to let us stay. After pizza it was in to the tent for a 1st night under canvas and a sleep that was ok considering.
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