Date:
03.05.2018
Altitude:
2919.9 ft (890 m)
Distance:
53.91 mi (86.76 km)
Total
Altitude: 11066.2 ft (3373 m)
Total
Distance: 228.47 mi (367.70 km)
Today
I cycled the last few miles in Vermont and crossed into New York, the
fourth state on my trip. Again I didn't see any sign indicating that
I entered New York or left Vermont, I guess there are only signs on
the major roads or I'm just blind. So the Vermont state sign remains
the only one I could photograph.
Since
there was a Denny's right next to the Motel, I decided to skip the
Motel breakfast and instead ate there. I decided to go all in with
scrambled eggs, sausage, bacon, ham, hash browns, pancakes and of
course coffee, to have the perfect start to the day. After I was
finished with breakfast it was again already quite late. I just can't
seem to manage an early start. Just as I got started on my tour, it
began to pour down and continued raining at least until noon and
stayed cloudy with some light rain after that. I guess one day of sun
must have been enough. At least if there is no sun I can't get a
sunburn.
In
the first half of today's trip I stayed on smaller country roads,
westbound more or less running parallel to highway US4. The scenery
on this part of the route was quite similar to the last two days with
some beautiful small towns. In contrast to the last two days, I
didn't have to do as much uphill, for the first half of the trip that
is. When I reached Dresden,NY I turned north on NY 22 in the
direction of Ticonderoga,NY, the destination of today's trip. In
Dresden I also entered the Adirondacks and the uphill cycling started
again, all the way to Ticonderoga. After I reached Ticonderoga, the
search for a Motel room began. After I reached the first Motel, I was
told that there are no vacancy's and he didn't just mean his motel
but in the whole area, due to fact that William Shatner was in town
and the paper mill is being refurbished, so that almost all the rooms
are taken up by the workers. I was really discouraged, because I just
didn't want to keep going. He then suggested I should ask at the Best
Western, maybe they still have a room. When I reached the Best
Western, they indeed had a room left, but of course for an outrages
price. But I guess, beggars can't be choosers and at least I had a
place to spend the night. Camping wasn't really an option for me,
since thunderstorms were predicted for the night.
Conclusion
for the day:
The
best start to the day is with a full breakfast.
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