I’m sure after this weekend, you are hoping that my phone will die so that I’ll get a new one. That way, the next time we go on a touring trip and are checking for directions… you won’t have to listen to me say “Can I look?” when I get impatient.
Bikepacking – Misquamicut Route
Instead of being conservative for our first-ever touring trip, we went all-in with a very aggressive route. We wanted to do something fun, and our first thought was a day on the beach – so we decided to ride to/from Misquamicut State Beach in Westerly, RI. To break up the ride and allow ourselves as much time at the beach as possible on Saturday, we reserved a campsite at Wilderness Lake Campground in Willington, CT for Friday night. The original plan was to leave Hartland around 2pm, but we were late – partly due to work that day, but also because it took us much longer than anticipated to pack everything (and worrying that we were forgetting something). Once we were finally ready to leave the house at 4pm, we weighed our bikes… mine was roughly 83lbs and Rachel’s was 70lbs… next time we’ll distribute the weight more fairly (good for Rachel, bad for me).
Day 1: West Hartland, CT to Willington, CT (~55 miles)
4pm-9:30pm, 30 min rest – 5 hrs riding
Bad aim…
It’s okay, maybe you’ll capture me in the same frame next time 🙂
