Day 49 Sunday, August 7th

Next to last day of the ride took us 77 miles from Brattleboro,VT to Manchester, NH. We crossed into NH one mile into the ride. Photo ops at the welcome to New Hampshire. We were told that this would be an easier day than yesterday but it seemed harder with a lot of climbs during the ride. We rode through a lot of back roads and the riders from other parts of the country were amazed at how rural it was and some felt that they were transported back in time. Tonight we had our banquet to mark the end of the ride. There were a couple of skits and then each rider had the opportunity to say something about the ride and what it meant to them. Some of them were pretty articulate but it ended up being a pretty late night with an early wake up tomorrow for our final 50 miles. We lucked out again with the weather and stayed dry. It would be nice if we could keep that luck up for one more day until we complete the beach arrival.