Well, my trip has come to an end. I write this post while actually sitting in a Denny’s in Oakland, CA, but this post will be about the last two days of the trip - I may write a longer “tying up the loose ends” style post in a while. The ride into Derry was really nice. I was in a bit of a hurry because I had a 4pm flight to catch out of Manchester, NH but I rode the first part of the day with Ted, David and Dick and enjoyed taking pictures with them at the “Live Free or Die” New Hampshire sign. The weather was supposed to be incredibly hot but it actually ended up holding off on the heat until we got into camp. By the time I flew to Philly though it was 95 degrees, and I can’t say I’m going to miss that!
My last rest stop was in the parking lot of a Walmart, which somehow seemed appropriate. David B remarked on the absurdity of the whole thing, hanging out in a parking lot in Walmart in New Hampshire. It’s such a weird hobby.
We ended up eating 3 separate times in 36 hours at the same restaurant across the street from the church in Westborough, called Civic. It’s always interesting to me how we go and visit these places but we do it in such an idiosyncratic way. If anybody ever asked me if I’ve been to Westborough, MA I would have to say yes but I really have no idea what the place is like. :). Except that the traffic when I tried to go to the Post Office was incredibly bad. I was glad I was on a bike!
Also we ended up sitting at a Laundromat for a while, which is another thing I only ever do on these trips. It’s such a weird life!
