The Final Day

We couldn't just end our trip in Central Connecticut. Since we started on the Pacific Coast we had to make the ride to the Atlantic. Today we got back on our bicycles after three days off.

Danielle rode unloaded and I just had my rear panniers to carry what we needed. We mapquested a route and headed off at 8 AM for the last 62 miles. The first half of the ride was a gentle down hill and pretty relaxing. Then at about 40 miles into our ride we hit some steep hills. Who new that there were hills of this size in Southern CT?? Well we made it through and showed up in Old Lyme at the planned time of 3PM. Dad and Dale met us there and we dragged our bikes across the beach to get our hero shot at the Atlantic. (okay it was Long Island Sound but that's part of the Atlantic so close enough) After 74 days of biking covering 4686.22 miles we didn't want to ride back to Plymouth so we put our bikes in the van and Dad drove home.

We stopped at Lenny and Joe's to celebrate with some beer and healthy fried seafood.

We would like to say Thank You again to all the people who helped make this trip a memorable experience. Thanks to all our families and friends who understand our vagabond lifestyle.

An extra thanks to everyone who drove us to start and finish the trip. We are grateful to all the people that we met who went out of their way to help us out. We are especially appreciative for all the beds that we had to sleep in and meals we were fed by people that we were complete strangers to. We have made many new friends along the way. Hopefully we can repay everyone by helping others who are on similar adventures.

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