What a Difference a Day Makes!

So Saturday was Rob's first race of the season.  You can read his race report below.  But it is no exaggeration to say that it was a miserable event for spectators!  If you are anywhere in New England, you know that it was cold, rainy and raw.  Not ideal for standing around for hours.  I am wearing four layers underneath that rain coat.   Harry opted out of racing, but did ride his bike through a whole bunch of puddles.  Which meant that he was a wet muddy mess.  His backside was soaking wet.  What we won't do to cheer on our racer!

But what a difference a day makes!  We woke up on Sunday morning and it was sunny.  And warm.  Glorious!!  After hosting Easter dinner, Rob and I decided to go for a road ride.  So while Harry went and played at the neighbor's house, we started out towards the dam.  As we got close to the dam, we started to feel rain drops.  Rob exclaimed something about Mother Nature hating him.  But we pedaled on and it cleared up.  We rode by some beautiful historic homes, many with people outside doing Easter egg hunts, playing whiffle ball, playing cornhole, etc.  We rode by a huge horse farm, saw a ginormous snapping turtle and were pleasantly surprised to see some vicious dogs all caged up.  We stopped on a bridge to enjoy a waterfall and stopped at the scenic overlook at the Windham County Land Trust to enjoy the view.  We thoroughly enjoyed soaking in the sun and basking in that 70 degree day!!

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Stats:
21.39 miles
12.6 mph average
31.6 max speed (woo hoo!)
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Follow up on Rob's race report:
Official results are up and he finished 14th out of 25.

Enjoy the ride!!
~Cori