Wednesday June 24th - evening

I rode 350 miles today. I am staying the night at Shannon's parents home (my daughter-in-law), near Syracuse, New York. No freeze dried dinner tonight. We had barbecued rib-eye steak with mushrooms, potatos, and brusell sprouts:-) I had a great ride today. Went from the mountains of Vermont, into the Adirondak mountains of upper New York. Very, very beautiful ride, very popular with bikers. Passed several hundred and visited with several dozen during the day at gas stations. The farthest from home were a couple of guys from Chicago. Great weather today. Hoping for some more tomorrow.

One of the most irritating things is, when I am riding the wind blows mustache hairs into my nose and they flop around in there and it itches like crazy, more like a tickle inside your nose. It has gotten worse as I haven't trimmed my mustache since I left. It is getting so I am riding most of the time with one hand, as I am using the other one to scratch the inside of my nose.