I decided to go to Massachusetts for my Aunt Shirley’s’ funeral. This will be my first flight since COVID-19 pandemic started. I received my second shot of Phisher vaccine on April 26, 2021, thus have been fully vaccinated since early May. My trip had two purposes:

• Go to Aunt Shirley funeral, mass reception and celebration of life gathering.
• Cycle 100 KM in each of the New England states.

I rented a car and drove 3,627 miles in my rental car and cycled 775 miles (1248 KM). See map of driven route below:

Trip summary:
Total Cycling Millage = 775.4 MI (1247.88 KM)
Total Ground Transportation Millage = 3627 MI (5837.08 KM)
3,627 miles (5835.8 KM) (I normally had my GPS on to track route, total GPS tracks miles is 2945.3 miles. Not sure why GPS is missing so many miles, it was usually tracking)
Table of cycle distance per state and where I stayed for the nights on this trip.

EXPENSES
5332..47 USD - Total Expense

New Hampshire

Saturday, June 5, 2021
I walked from my house to the max with my luggage. I wanted to store my stuff at the airport and just take the max, but due to COVID the airport is not allow people to store their luggage. I put $5.00 in the self-pay at the max for a $2.50 ticket, the machine only gave me $1.50 back. The max was shuttling people from 7 th NE to gateway due to a car accident with a max line near freeway and Hollywood area. I cut into the line at 7th to quickly get on a shuttle bus, huge line of people waiting to be shuttled to gateway (to get around accident). It was hard to get on bus with my 2 big bags (stuff suit case and bike suitcase). I was next to a man that was mad and kept complaining to the bus driver. Not very easy holding on luggage on bus with all the people (I had to stand up, no empty seats on bus). I finally got to gateway with plenty of time and arrived at the airport way before my flight left. I went to check in, but they said I was too early to check my bags, I was there around 5:20 PM and my flight took off at 10:31 PM. They said I had to wait until 4 hours before my flight to check in my bags, I waited there until 6:31 PM and then checking in my bags. Then I went to the main terminal/ due to COVID the 2 terminals are not connected. Normally I can walk both terminals while waiting for my flight. I could only walk half as far in the terminal while waiting for my flight. The ear doctor called to change my appointment again, they are being a real drag. I kind of wish I would not have gone with getting a new hearing aid. I was getting a bone conduction hearing aid, I have one sided hearing and tried the bone conduction device over 10 years ago to transmit hearing from one side to the other side and it did not work very good. I was hoping the technology was better, I asked about options but I think they wanted the one where they could make the most money. They had setup the appointment for the wrong person, I just needed the lady that tested my hearing to fit my hearing aid. I boarded the plane on time and they left PDX on time.

Sunday, June 6, 2021
All my flights went smooth and I arrived at the Manchester, New Hampshire airport on time. The Thrifty car rental charge extra for Roadside assistance if their cars go bad. That makes me mad, but I paid for the extra so I would not get stranded. I drove to Keene, New Hampshire and easily found my hotel and checked in to my room. Then I biked to find the bike trail and I had trouble. Then I asked people in town and they directed me to the wrong trail, but it was a good trail and I cycled it. Back in town (Keene), a guy commented on my bike Friday (He asked if it was a Parkit – model of Bike Friday) - and I ended up taking to him for about 30 minutes, I really did not want to talk for that long. Mostly I was just curious about the bike trail, he went into great details on how to get there and told me about all the work he had done on the west coast, mostly big construction jobs in Seattle. Then I cycled back to the hotel and then drove to get groceries. I watched TV and worked on my journal until about midnight.

Monday, June 7, 2021
I woke up a little before 6:00 AM and started cycling at 6:00 AM. I cycled towards to northwest end of the Cheshire Rail Trail; it was a good dirt trail for a while and then became rough and rocky. I saw a runner near wear I turned back and he told me he saw a bear on the hill nearby. I went a little farther looking for the bear, the trail started getting really rough so I tuned back, then I went looking for the place the guy told me about the previous day (Bridge and other end of first trail). This time I found the rock arch bridge, I was very close to it the previous day. The trail was like a hiking trail. The person the previous day told me you could take the trail all the way to the Massachusetts boarder, I was expecting it to be a good, paved trail. I only went a short way on the trail and then headed back towards my hotel, I needed to many miles so I re-cycled some of the trail I already biked on. I got back to the hotel and packed up by the 11:00 AM checkout time.

Bike route Ted took near Keene, New Hampshire.	Bridge on Cheshire Rails Trail with Ted’s bike west of Keene, New Hampshire.	Bridge on Cheshire Rails Trail with Ted and his bike west of Keene, New Hampshire.
Ted’s shoe store near Keene, New Hampshire.	Stone Arch Bridge on Cheshire Rails Trail east of Keene, New Hampshire.	Ted with his bike on sign for Keene, New Hampshire.

Vermont

Then I drove to the West River Trail near Brattleboro, Vermont. I cycled the dirt trail to a covered bridge. I went to the water and a guy offered to take my photo with my camera. He was friendly and gave me ice-cold water, it was very good. He said the highway was good for cycling, so I cycle west on the road for about an extra 5 miles (10 Miles round trip). Then I cycled the highway back to my car near the West River trailhead in Brattleboro. On the way out I took the dirt trail, the ride back was a little further, but no dirt trail. Then I bought lunch at Wendy’s in Brattleboro.

Bike route Ted took near Brattleboro, Vermont.	Ted and his bike at Dummerston Covered Bridge near Brattleboro, Vermont.	Ted at Dummerston Covered Bridge near Brattleboro, Vermont.
Ted and his bike at near Brattleboro, Vermont.	Ted and his bike at near Brattleboro, Vermont.

Then I drove towards Hartland, I think I did not look at my maps good enough, I actually wanted to go to Toonerville Rails to trails. Oh well the trip changed, I drove north were I found a visitor center and the guy working there made a lot of suggestion, I finally liked his suggestion about going to the ski area and drove towards Killington. I stopped about 9 miles west of Bethel and cycled most of the way to Bethel and then back to my car.

Bike route Ted took near Bethel, Vermont .	Ted and his bike near Bethel , Vermont.	Ted, his rental car and his bike near Bethel , Vermont.

Then I drove to Killington and used Orbitz to find a cheap room, when I went to the hotel, I had trouble getting the internet price (I had to talk to someone on the phone and they brought the price down slightly, but not all the way down to the internet price). I paid cash, but at first I gave the person my credit card (he seemed confused with the credit card), he used it for a while even though I was paying with cash. The guy seemed strange, but the room was nice. I went for a ride from the hotel, the rear tire on my bike seemed a little low so I pumped it up before leaving my hotel room. I cycled most of the way to the ski area and then back to my hotel in the dark. When I got back to the hotel my bike tire was still full of air. I went to sleep around midnight.

Tuesday, June 8, 2021
I thought my alarm was going off at 5:43 AM, if it did, I did not hear it. I woke up at 7:10 AM and quickly got ready for the day. Then I cycled to the base of the ski area at Killington, it was a lot of uphill, but only about a mile more than I cycled up the previous evening. On the way up the mountain, I noticed my bike tire was low again so I pumped it up. It stayed fine for the rest of the ride. When I went to the store on the way down the mountain, the sign said masks required. Only about ½ the people wore mask and even the senior lady (about my age) running the register was not wearing a mask. I then rode to the main highway and then back to my hotel to make sure I was checked out of the hotel on time.

Bike route Ted took near Killington, Vermont.	Ted and his bike at ski area in Killington, Vermont.	Ted and his bike with ski area in Killington, Vermont.

I still needed about 9 miles in Vermont, so I stopped at Rutland and parked at a place with lots of mountain bike trail, not great for the road bike. I biked for a while and noticed my bike tire was low again. I filed up the tire and continued to ride. It went low again, I had to fill the tire up a few times on that ride. It was close to flat and I was a block from my car, so I walked my bike back to my rental car. Then I tried fixing the flat, my tubes are too big and it took me a long time to try fixing it and it just went flat again. I did find a very small strain of wire in the tire that I pulled out of the tire, the wire probably causes the slow leak. I think I pinched the tube. I ended up finding a bike shop in Rutland and had them sell me a tube (they only had presto valves). They fixed the flat and the person was only charging me for the tube. I gave him a $2.00 tip; I should have given him more. He fixed it very fast. He did not look to see if he could figure out what caused the flat, when I tried fixing it, I found a little piece of wire lodged in the tire, I was not sure I got all of the wire out. After he fixed the flat tire it held air for several days.

Bike route Ted took near Rutland, Vermont.

New York

Then I drove to Hudson falls, I could not find the falls. Then I drove to Glenn Falls and got a room for the night. Then I cycled the trails to Warren County Bikeway trail to Lake George. I had to use my cell phone google maps to find the trail, about half way to Lake George the trail turned to roads for a couple miles, I had to use my google GPS map to figure that part of the trail. It started sprinkling, then rained for about 3 hours and I ended out getting soaked. I only had one plastic bag and a raincoat. No rain pants and was not able to keep everything dry. Mostly just my journal and cloths got wet, I felt soaked. When I returned to my hotel room, I noticed I had a microwave in the room. Therefore, I went to the nearby store and bought stuff for the microwave (Creamy Tomato Tortellini and Bake Ziti). I plugged the microwave into the lamp and it did not work. Therefore, I ate my food without heating it up. Later that evening I noticed the lamp plugs did not work, might have just needed a better place to plug in the microwave to get it to work. I found the internet needed a guest password and then a notice in the room it said the internet did not need a password. I figured maybe the hotel would charge more for the internet and did not feel like calling the internet help number (from the note). I decided just to use my phone when I needed to look stuff up online. I bought a USB cable from General Dollar earlier that day to allow me to download my camera photos to my PC, but broke the USB cable trying to get the package open. I watched TV, worked on my Journal and went to sleep around 11:00 PM.

Wednesday, June 9, 2021
I woke up around 6:00 AM and cycled the Glens Falls Feeder Canal Trail to Hudson Falls (mostly dirt trail) and then back to my hotel. I packed up my rental car, checked out of my room and left hotel at about 9:20 AM.

Bike route Ted took near Glenn Falls, New York.	Ted with his bike at Lake George, New York.	Wood carving at lake George, New York.
Ted with his bike on Feeder Canal Trail between Glenn Falls and Hudson Falls, New York.	Ted with sign in Hudson Falls, New York.	Ducks in Feeder Canal between Glenn Falls and Hudson Falls, New York.

I got breakfast at McDonalds and drove to Mohawk-Hudson bike trail. I cycled the trail, cycled back to the car and then cycled into the Scheneectady (town near trail). It started to rain in town. I started back to the car and then it started to pour. I could not find shelter from the rain, I tried next to a wall but I still got soaked. Then I found an awning near a police station to wait out the rain, but I was already soaked. I wanted to get back to the trial before the rain, but no luck. Once back at the car I changed out of my wet shoes, wet shirt and it into dry cloths. Then I bought bike tubs at bike shop. Next I drove toward Kate’s and got stuck on a toll road. I thought my rental car toll pass was only good for Massachusetts (That is what the guy from Thrifty thought), so I called the number on the billboard to call if you do not have a way to pay the toll and they sent me a link to pay the toll (I never used the link, we (Renan, Kate and I) found out the car toll pass was good for everywhere I was traveling. Then I went to buy wine and there was no wine at the grocery store (beer, but no wine). I found a wine shop nearby and bought wine. I made it to Kate’s a few minutes after 5:30 PM (My estimated arrival time was 5:30 PM). Renan made a great dinner, and then took us to the Ashokan Reservoir (supply for New York City water) and then back to their place. I gave them a copy of my American Journey book and they seemed excited about my trip. I got photos with all their animals. They have a mouse, silky chicken, Chihuahua and puppy German Shepard; I went to sleep at about 11:00 PM. They had a great basement for me to sleep in, TV, Exercise bike, living room and plenty of extra space.

Thursday, June 10, 2021
I slept great and did not wake up until about 7:10 AM. We had a great breakfast and watched the birds and deer in Kate’s back yard. She put bird seed on the table – then we saw squirrel, chipmunks, Blue Jays, Robins, a deer and other birds eat the seed. What a wonderful place they have. I left around 9:00 AM and drove to the bridge over Ashokan Reservoir to Shokan. I parked and walked part way over the bridge. I could not find a great way to get a photo of the bridge, lots of signs for no parking and sign saying only access trails with special permits. It was a very cool bridge, I should have biked the dam top, but I already had my miles for New York and wanted to keep moving. I then went to Woodstock and it was cool, but it is actually far from where the actual Woodstock concert was (The actual Woodstock concern was a 1.5 hour drive away, in Bethel, New York). The Woodstock museum did not open until noon and it was called an art museum. I did not want to wait that long and left Woodstock at about 11:00 AM.

Bike route Ted took near Schenectady, New York.	Ted with his bike on Mohawk-Hudson bike trail, New York.	Ted on Mohawk-Hudson bike trail (Part of Empire State bike trail), New York.
View from Mohawk-Hudson bike trail, New York	View from Mohawk-Hudson bike trail, New York	View from Dam on Ashokan Reservoir, New York.
Ted with niece Kate and Renan at Ashokan Reservoir, New York.	Sunset at Ashokan Reservoir, New York.	Ted with niece Kate and Renan at their home in Stone Ridge, New York.
Ted with Kate’s pets in Stone Ridge, New York.	Bridge at Ashokan Reservoir, New York.	Ted in Woodstock, New York.
Sign in Woodstock, New York.	Store in Woodstock, New York.	Town Hall in Woodstock, New York.

Pennsylvania

Then I drove to Delaware Water GAP, Pennsylvania and got a room. I biked down a road with bikeway signs, great ride with low traffic, but no shoulder. Then I biked to the south end of the Delaware Water Gap, nice ride, but a little too much traffic and not a great shoulder. Most of the viewpoints had too much overgrowth and you could not see the water. Then I cycled to the north, the road was not great for biking, then I found a trail along the river, but it was gravel and not great for biking. From the first ride it seems like there is great sightseeing, but not great biking. I drove to the north end of the Delaware Gap on the following morning. I went to sleep around midnight.

Friday, June 11, 2021
I woke about 6:00 AM and drove to Milford. During my drive I checked out several river viewpoints and the Visitor center waterfalls. The river viewpoints were not great and seemed to be a waste of time, if I had more time it would have been better. The waterfall hike at the visitor center was a worthwhile hike and I was glad I checked it out. It took a lot longer than expected, I thought I could take a Freeway back to my hotel. My google map indicated to take the small highway I was on back from Milford to my hotel, it turns out that google was set to bike route, not car route. I could have saved about 15 miles by turning back at visitor center; I had continued to Milford to find the Freeway back to my hotel and was routed back past the visitor center to return to my hotel. I quickly packed up at the hotel.

Bike route Ted took near Delaware Water Gap, Pennsylvania.	Ted and his bike at entrance sign for Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, Pennsylvania.	Ted and his bike at Application trail sign in Delaware Water Gap , Pennsylvania.
Ted and his bike on McDade Recreational trail at Delaware Water Gap, Pennsylvania.	Deer near trailhead to McDade Recreational trail at Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, Pennsylvania.	Ted at Dingmans Falls near Dingmans Falls Visitor center at Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, Pennsylvania.

I used my phone google maps to go to Jim Thorpe, well google indicated 3 hours to go 60 miles. It turns out my google direction were setup to provide cycling directions (not car driven directions). That might be why the google map did not indicate using the Freeway from Milford back to my hotel. I drove to Jim Thorp and started biking toward Slatington, after about 5 miles it started feeling humid, then turned to very light rain and then drizzle with a very small amount of heavier rain. I ended up getting wet, but not as bad as the ride to Lake George. Then I cycled back to Jim Thorpe and noticed my bike GPS track was at 95% used, oops, I left the bike GPS in Auto mode (Automatic mode uses up a lot of track memory). Back at the hotel, I found I could not save my track on my laptop (My laptop does not have enough memory to load Basecamp or Mapsource). The laptop was very cheap, my expensive Microsoft surface did not last very long, so I replaced it a very cheap Laptop. I saved the GPS data directly to my thumb drive and then cleared the GPS memory and properly setting the track mode. When I returned from my trip I tried to get my track from my thumb drive and it would not work, I lost all the detailed GPS track data from day 1 to Jim Thorpe. However I saved the full track on my GPS and was able to get the pieces of the route from that saved track when I returned from my trip.

Bike route Ted took near Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania.	Ted and his bike at train station in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania.	Ted with his bike on D & L trail near Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania.
Ted with his bike near D & L trail at Slatington, Pennsylvania.	Ted on bridge to D & L trail next to Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania.	Ted and his bike near D & L trail with scenic train to Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania.

Maryland

I then drove towards Parkton bike trail in Maryland. I could not find any hotels near the trail, so I drove to Baltimore. I still could not find a hotel with vacancies. I finally found a sleazy motel near Baltimore and stayed there for the night. It seemed like a drug outlet type of motel and the rooms where run down. The first room they gave me had stuff piled on the bed, it looked like it was being remodeled. I showed them a picture of the room at the office and they gave me another room. The other room was OK. I hoped my car would be is OK in the morning and it was fine in the morning. I went to sleep after midnight

Saturday, June 12, 2021
I woke up at about 7:00 AM and my car was fine. I loaded my bike and belongings into my rental car and left the hotel around 7:30 AM. Then I drove back to Parkton and cycled the Torrey C. Brown Rail Trail from end to end. I also bike the roads a bit. I decided I wanted to bike elsewhere so I hoped in the car and started driving; I did not want to go towards Baltimore so I got off the highway and parked at a park & ride. I started cycling and ended up back in Parkston, so I cycled a bit on the trail so I could get to 100 Kilometers of cycling in Maryland. The entire day I could hear a buzzing, I believe it was the Cicadas. There were lots of Cicadas everywhere in this area.

Bike route Ted took near Parkton, Maryland.	Ted and his bike on the Torrey C. Brown Rail Trail near Parkton, Maryland.	Ted and his bike on the Torrey C. Brown Rail Trail at Monkton, Maryland.
Ted and his bike on the Torrey C. Brown Rail Trail near Parkton, Maryland.	Ted and his bike on highway near Parkton, Maryland.	Cicada on road near Parkton, Maryland.

West Virginia

Then I drove to West Virginia, my phone google map said over 3 hours of travel time, but I did not stop to think how much driving I was doing. I really do not like driving a lot. Once in West Virginia I had trouble finding a hotel, finally I found a Motel 8 by Fairmont. I did not get into the hotel until after 10:00 PM. For that day, I felt I had done way too much driving! When my trip was done, I was glad I added in the additional states of West Virginia and Virginia (not part of my original plan). I worked on my journal and did not get to sleep until about midnight.

Sunday, June 13, 2021
I woke up around 6:00 AM and bike around the motel area, to the Veteran’s memorial. Then I packed up the car and looked for the West Fork River trail, I could not find it and parked near Palatine park in Fairmont, West Virginia (by where I thought the trail was accessed), I ended up biking up the hill and found a visitor center at the Marion county parks and Recreation building. At the visitor center, it showed the local bike trails, the trails on the visitor center map were not where I expected to find the trail I wanted to ride. I looked for the trail from the visitor center map and finally found the trail. It was Marion County Rail Trail (I was looking for the West Fork River trail). I then cycled about 15 miles starting on the Marion County Rail Trail and continuing on the Monongahela River trail. It was a cool trail and went through a fair-sized lighted tunnel and next to the historic Pricketts Fort State Park. I realized that I did not bring my bike pump, so I started cycling back (it was a great trail, I probably would have kept going until I reached the Pennsylvania boarder if I would have taken my bike pump). It started raining and then I remembered that I did not bring my raincoat. The rain stopped and I biked back towards my car, I stopped at a sign and that was when I found I was on the Marion County Rail Trail (not on the West Fork River trail like I though).

Route from Motel/ Bike route Ted took from Fairmont, West Virginia.	Ted and his bike in Meredith Tunnel on the Marion County Rail Trail in West Virginia.	Ted and his bike at Pricketts Fort next to the Marion County Rail Trail in West Virginia.
Ted and his bike on the Marion County Rail Trail in West Virginia.	Ted and his bike in front of Meredith Tunnel on the Marion County Rail Trail in West Virginia.	Ted and his bike on the Marion County Rail Trail in West Virginia.

When I got back to my car, I drove to the West Fork River trail, on the way if pored rain, good thing I was in the car. Then I stopped and a man returning from his West Fork River trail ride told me everything about the trail. I then biked to the southernmost end of the West Fork River trail, to the town of Shinnston. On the way back it started thundering and the rain was picking up. I cycled like crazy and just barely made it under that awning near my car in Monongah, when it started pouring. After about 30-minutes it stopped pouring, I cycled to the northernmost point of the trail and around a little, so I could have 100 Kilometers of cycling in West Virginia.

Bike route Ted took from Monongah, West Virginia.	Ted with his bike on the West Fork River trail near Monongah, West Virginia.	Ted with his bike near West Fork River trail in Shinnston, West Virginia.
Ted with his bike on the West Fork River trail in Shinnston, West Virginia.	Ted with his bike next to the West Fork River trail in Shinnston, West Virginia.	Ted with his bike on the West Fork River trail near Monongah, West Virginia.
Ted’s bike seen from shelter while downpour in Monongah, West Virginia. – His rental car is the blue car in the background.	Ted with his bike on the West Fork River trail near Monongah, West Virginia.	Sign about mining disaster near Monongah, West Virginia.

Virginia

I then started driving to Lexington, Virginia. It was a very long drive and the emergency weather forecast kept warning about quarter-sized hail and flooding. I made it to Lexington a little after 10:00 PM. I used Orbitz to find a Motel 6, got a wet room that they mopped. I did not get to sleep until after midnight.

Monday, June 14, 2021
I woke up around 6:00 AM and biked to look for Chessie nature bike trial in Lexington and I easily found it with the aid of my cell phone and google maps. I was expecting a paved trail. It was a dirt trail with a lot of down trees. The trail was not great for cycling one point there was even cows on the trail. I also cycled around Lexington and found the USA’s first Military school, Virginia Military Institute (established in 1839).

Bike route Ted took in Lexington, Virginia.	Ted and his bike at the Lexington, Virginia city limit sign.	Ted and his bike at the Chessie bike trailhead in Lexington, Virginia.
Ted and his bike on the Chessie bike trail in Lexington, Virginia.	Ted’s bike with tree damage fence on the Chessie bike trail in Lexington, Virginia.	Ted, a cow and Ted’s bike on the Chessie bike trail in Lexington, Virginia.
Ted and his bike at Virginia Military institute in Lexington, Virginia.	Ted and his bike next to shooting range at Virginia Military institute in Lexington, Virginia.	Ted and his bike at Virginia Military institute in Lexington, Virginia.

Then I drove to Purcellville and bike a round trip ride of 49 miles on the paved trail Washington and Old Dominion Railroad Regional rails trail (W&OD - toward DC).

Bike route Ted took on Washington and Old Dominion (W&OD) Railroad trail, Virginia .	Ted with his bike on the W&OD trail in Virginia.	Flowers next to the W&OD trail in Virginia.
Ted with his bike on the W&OD trail in Virginia.	Ted with his bike at W&OD trail sign in Virginia.	Ted with his bike on the W&OD trail in Virginia.

Delaware

Then I thought about staying in DC, when I got across the bridge to Washington DC, it seemed very tough, the reasonable priced motels were not near the Tourist area. I did not feel like dealing with DC and decided to continue to Delaware. Once in Delaware, I had trouble finding a hotel; I ended up staying in a not so good travel Inn hotel.

Tuesday, June 15, 2021
I woke up at 6:30 AM and cycled 15 miles on the roads near hotel. Then I drove to look for the Michael Castle Trail, it took me 3 tries with my cell phone google maps to find the trail. I found parking for the trail near highway 13 next to the “Chesapeake and Delaware Canal”. It was a great paved trail. I first cycled to where the Canal dumped out into the Delaware River in the town of Delaware City. I checked out the waterfront at Delaware City. Then I biked back towards my car and continued cycling past my car to the boarder of Maryland. I turned around since I was only working on Delaware cycling miles. Then I cycled back to my car and loaded my bike in the car. I then drove to Wilmington and looked for the bike trail. I parked at Brandywine Park, the trail was hard to following and required a lot of very steep hills. I ended up biking around Rockefeller park a lot of times and when I got back to the car I still needed another 4 miles. So I biked up and down roads in town until I got my 100KM of cycling in Delaware.

Bike route Ted took near Delaware motel. Bike route Ted took on the Michael Castle Trail in Delaware .	Ted and his bike in Delaware city, Delaware.	Vulture on Michael Castle Trail in Delaware.
Ted and his bike on Michael Castle Trail in Delaware.	Ted, his Bike, other biker and stern wheel on Michael Castle Trail in Delaware.	Ted and his bike at the Maryland boarder on the Michael Castle Trail in Delaware.
Bike route Ted took in Wilmington, Delaware.	Ted and his bike on a trail in Wilmington, Delaware.	Ted and his bike in front of Rockford tower in Wilmington, Delaware.

New Jersey

Then I drove to Trenton, New Jersey and could not find a place to stay, I used Orbitz to find a Hotel and had to go another 15 miles to find a hotel in Bordentown. I had trouble finding groceries and the motel was another low grade Motel, but not as bad as the previous night. I was near the office, but still could not get internet strength, plus they said it was an open internet. I worked on my journal and went to sleep late.

Wednesday, June 16, 2021
I started the morning with a 15-mile bike ride from my motel on the highway, good shoulders, easy ride. Then I packed up and checked out of the hotel, normally I get a receipt at check out, so I can track my expenses. The lady at the motel, did not seem to know what to do when I asked for a receipt. I decided not to get a receipt and left without one. Then I drove to Cadwaladers Park in Trenton where the trailhead was supposed to be, but the road in the park where all blocked off with large cement blocks. Then I drove to the trailhead between Trenton (~9 miles to Trenton) and New Brunswick. I cycled toward Trenton and after about 7 miles I was on rough trails and I noticed my tire was getting low. I noticed the other side of the canal was a better trail. I deiced to go over the next pass and make my way to the other side of the creek. I decided to try to make my way in the right direction and cross the creek. That required me going away from the creek for a while and I ended up getting kind of lost (ended up at a train like station – like a large Portland max or San Francisco Bart) and filled my tire with air. Then I went back the same way I came and crossed the creek at the lowest distant spot. My tire went low again when I found the trail back to my car. I still had about 7 miles to go to get back to my car, so I fixed the flat and the tube was not too big. I was able to fix the flat with the tube that seemed to be over diameter (cross sectional it was fine). The tire stayed inflated for the rest of the day and night.

Bike route Ted took near New Jersey motel. Bike route Ted took near Trenton, New Jersey . (Delaware & Raritan Canal State Park Trail)	Ted with his bike on Delaware & Raritan Canal State Park Trail in New Jersey.	Highway crossing bridge for Delaware & Raritan Canal State Park Trail in New Jersey.
Turtles in canal next to Delaware & Raritan Canal State Park Trail in New Jersey.	Great Blue Heron next to Delaware & Raritan Canal State Park Trail in New Jersey.	Ted with his bike next to Delaware & Raritan Canal State Park Trail in New Jersey.
Ted next to Delaware & Raritan Canal State Park Trail in New Jersey.	Ted’s bike next to Delaware & Raritan Canal State Park Trail in New Jersey.	Deer next to Delaware & Raritan Canal State Park Trail in New Jersey.

Connecticut

Then I drove to New Haven and got a room for 2 nights at the Econ lodge. The TV did not work, the light in the bathroom were dull florescent and I could not connect to the internet. I asked if I could cancel the room and they refunded my room. I then drove to a Motel 6, it was about 7 miles from New Haven, I was glad I made the change, that room was much better than the one at the Econ Lodge in New Haven. I watched TV and worked on stuff until about midnight.

Thursday, June 17, 2021
I woke up at 6:00 AM and slowly got ready. Then I drove to New Haven to look for parking near the bike trail. I got tired of looking for good parking and using google to find a place away from town to park next to the trail and drove there to park. Then I cycled from there back to New Haven and to Yale campus. I took several campus photos. I could not find a picture of a big Yale University sign. I then cycled to the other end of the trail. It was supposed to continue on the road to a second section, but I could not figure it out. I then biked back to my rental car, I still wanted another 7 miles of cycling in Connecticut. Therefore I recycled more miles on the trail.

Bike route Ted took near New Haven, Connecticut.	Ted and his bike at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.	Yale bike at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.
Ted and his bike at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.	Ted’s bike at the Engineering building of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.	Ted and his bike at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.
Ted and his bike at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.	Sign for the very good Farmington Canal Heritage Trail that starts near New Haven, Connecticut.	Ted and his bike on the Farmington Canal Heritage Trail in Connecticut.
Ted and his bike on the Farmington Canal Heritage Trail in Connecticut.	Ted and his bike on the Farmington Canal Heritage Trail at Milldale, Connecticut.	This lock as seen from the Farmington Canal Heritage Trail in Connecticut. I believe it is Lock 12.

Rhode Island

Then I drove to Providence Rhode Island and got a room at the Motel 6, this Motel 6 was not in great shape. The first room they gave me the air conditioner did not work. They gave me a second room, but no TV remote. I asked for a remote, but they gave me one that was not for the TV in my room and they said that was all they could give me. I could use the TV, but had to change the channels using the physical buttons on the side of the TV. Some Motel 6 are really run down (like this one), but most of the Motel 6s are very good. I watched TV and went to sleep around 11:30 PM.

Friday, June 18, 2021
I woke up around 6:00 AM and went for a ten-mile bike ride near my motel. I packed up my stuff and drove to the trailhead parking for Washington Secondary bike trail. I started out going in the direction of what I thought was Providence, I ended up going towards Connecticut and the trail seemed to end near Summit. I did a short ride looking for a continuation of the trail and got a little lost. Then I got back to Summits and met a couple of local bikers. They suggested better rides than the rails to trails, I like the rails to trails so I stuck with that trail, plus I was afraid of getting lost if I tried random roads. Then I cycled back past my car to where the trail seemed to end. I thought the trail went all the way into downtown Providence. I might just not have been able to find the trail. I then bike back to my car and I was still 10 miles short of my desired 100 kilometers of cycling in Rhode Island, so I biked the extra miles by redoing part of the bike trail going towards Connecticut.

Bike route Ted took near Providence Motel. Bike route Ted took near Providence, Rhode Island .	Old boat in Rhode Island, I think this was in Providence.	Ted and his bike on the Washington Secondary bike trail in Rhode Island.
Ted’s bike on the Washington Secondary bike trail in Anthony, Rhode Island.	Ted’s bike on the Washington Secondary bike trail in Anthony, Rhode Island.	Royal Mills Riverpoint Apartments near the Washington Secondary bike trail in West Warwick, Rhode Island.
Caboose near the Washington Secondary bike trail in West Warwick, Rhode Island.	Building seen from the Washington Secondary bike trail in West Warwick, Rhode Island.	Bridge where previous building is seen from the Washington Secondary bike trail in West Warwick, Rhode Island.

Massachusetts

Then I drove to Orleans, MA. I thought I would not be able to find a motel, but I found a very expensive, nice motel and decided to take it. Then I cycled a little, I found the Cape Code Rail Trial (CCRT) and a grocery store (I did not bring my bike lock). I went back to my motel and got my bike lock so I could get groceries. I cycled back to the grocery store and bought supplies. Then I worked on my journal and Facebook stuff. I also called cousin Anita, tried calling uncle Frank and send an e-mail to Mary Lou to confirm my existence and see if I could figure out how to contact Frank.

Saturday, June 19, 2021
I woke up at about 6:00 AM and started biking at about 6:30 AM, I cycled to Wellfleet harbor and then to the Atlantic Ocean side of Cape Code. At that time, I was about 10 miles from my motel and started cycling back. I noticed my rear tire was getting low again. It required one fill up the previous day. I filed the tire again and figured I would make it back to the motel no problem. After a few miles, the tire needed to be pumped up again. Then I filed it again and put most of my weight on the handle bar (The tire that was losing air was the rear tire). I made it most of the way back to the motel, one more fill up and I made it to the motel. I tried fixing the tire with the new smaller tube, well the 20” part seemed more like 22” and I decided to try fixing the flat with the 20 X 1.5 tube. Well like before I pinched the tube on the bike rim and it went flat. I decided to wait until 10:00 AM and see if the bike shop would fix the flat. While I was waiting, I decided to try fixing the flat with the tube that seemed like a 22” inch tube and I was able to fix the flat by crunching the tube (it stayed pumped up even after I returned from my vacation). Then I packed up my rental car, checked out of my motel and moved my rental car from my motel to the free parking near the CCRT bike trail. The parking lot was only about 0.4 miles from my motel. Then I cycled to the Dennis end of the trail and slightly beyond. Then I cycled back and went a short way towards Chatham (to get my 100 KM of cycling in Massachusetts) and then I cycled back to my rental car. Then I drove to Provincetown at the end of the cape code. Parking in Provincetown cost $20.00 and I really did not know what I would do if I parked, so I went to a beach, parking at the beach was also $20.00, but the parking lot attendance booth at the beach was closed, so I quickly walked to the beach and then back to my rental car. I quickly returned to my rental car in case someone was checking for parking permits.

Bike route Ted took at Cape Code, Massachusetts . (CCRT – Cape Code Rails to Trails)	Ted and his bike on the Cape Code Rails to Trails in Massachusetts.	Sign on the Cape Code Rails to Trails in Massachusetts. – Most people do not walk their bikes when crossing the road.
Ted and his bike on the Cape Code Rails to Trails in Massachusetts.	Pleasant Lake Store seen from Cape Code Rails to Trails in Massachusetts.	Ted next to the Cape Code Rails to Trails in Massachusetts.

I made it back to my rental car, then drove to Plymouth Rock, and checked out the town. I got there 3 minutes before 7:00 PM and they quit charging for parking at 7:00 PM. So I waited the 3 minutes and parked for free and then walked around town. I checked our Plymouth Rock, historic building and the outside of a replica of the Mayflower.

Replica of the Mayflower with Ted in Plymouth, Massachusetts.	Plymouth Rock with Ted in Plymouth, Massachusetts.	Statue of Indian with Ted in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Ted with historic building in Plymouth, Massachusetts.	Historic building in Plymouth, Massachusetts.	Sigh in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Then I drove to Lowell and got an expensive, low quality room at the Tewksbury Motel 6. Things seemed expensive in Massachusetts. The quality of the Motel 6 was OK, but lots of transient live there and I was later told drugs are passed through the Motel 6 in Tewksbury, Massachusetts.

Sunday, June 20, 2021
There were police all around the motel in the morning, I did not know what was going on. Later I found the following explanation on the internet:
“ TEWKSBURY — North Eastern Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council officers responded to the Motel 6 on Sunday morning where a man wanted on warrants barricaded himself inside a room with a knife while threatening to harm himself, police say. With the help of NEMLEC officers, 21-year-old Brandon Mucci was taken into custody and arrested without incident, Tewksbury Police Chief Ryan Columbus said. According to Columbus, Mucci — who is homeless — refused to come out of the motel room after police attempted to take him into custody for warrants. While inside the room, Mucci was armed with a knife and was threatening to harm himself.”

I went by uncle Frank’s place and he was in a hurry to meet his son for lunch. We talked briefly; it sounds like his life is not as happy as it used to be. He said he would try to make it to Shirley’s funeral services and then I went on my way. I went to Walmart in Chelmsford, Massachusetts and when I returned to my car from shopping at Walmart, I smelled smoke. Then there were sirens and about 100 feet from where I parked there was a bus in flames. From news report:
“ CHELMSFORD, MASS. (WHDH) - A bus went up in flames in Chelmsford over the weekend.
A 7NEWS viewer shared video of the bus fire in a Walmart parking lot.
No additional information was immediately available.”

Bus fire by my rental car in Walmart parking lot in Chelmsford, Massachusetts.	Ted outside Boott Cotton Mill Museum in Lowell, Massachusetts.	Boott Cotton Mill Museum in Lowell, Massachusetts.
Boott Cotton Mill Museum in Lowell, Massachusetts.	Wang computer in Boott Cotton Mill Museum in Lowell, Massachusetts.	Ted with Lowell, Massachusetts City hall in the background.
Ted with historic Boston to Maine railroad steam locomotive No. 410 in the background in Lowell, Massachusetts.	Hamilton Canal in Lowell, Massachusetts.	Locks in Hamilton Canal in Lowell, Massachusetts.

I was supposed to be at Cousin Anita’s place by 4:00 PM and I just barely made it, I was maybe a couple minutes late. She made her family and me a great ham dinner. I got leftover ham to go as well. I left her place and texted Tracy to tell her I was going to Vermont to visit. Then I got a phone call from Anita saying her mom showed up, so I drove back to her place and visited her again and her mom. Her mom said she might show up while I was visiting, but we expected her to show up around dinner time. I have found memories of her mom when we went to Key West for her son wedding and at that time she helped me make my way through the New Year ’s Eve crowd to watch the drag queen shoe drop in key West, Florida.

New Hampshire/ Vermont

After visiting Anita and her mom (The mom is also named Anita) I drove north, it was already after 10:00 PM by the time I arrived in Manchester, I did not like the hotel selection, but finally found a room at the Econo lodge. I was not in my room until about 11:00 PM. I worked on my journal and went to sleep around midnight. I never turned on the TV!

Monday, June 21, 2021
I took my time getting going, I left the hotel around 8:00 AM. My first stop was Concord where I checked out the capital of New Hampshire. The next big stop was Montpelier the capital of Vermont.

Building in Concord, New Hampshire.	Capital building in Concord, New Hampshire.	Capital building in Montpelier, Vermont.
Old mansions in Montpelier, Vermont.	Apartments in Montpelier, Vermont.	State Agriculture Building in Montpelier, Vermont.

I ended up getting to Tracy’s place a little before 4:00 PM and she was still working so I walked along the road near her house for about 45 minutes, she had to work until 4:30 PM. I met her partner Lynne, which has done a lot of cycling touring and we talked a lot about our cycling experiences. They cooked me a great dinner, helped me plan my stay in Vermont (I decided to hike up Mansfield and check out Stowe). Then I will head towards Wildcat for a hike the next day. Next, I went to Walt’s B&B to stay for the night. Walt is Tracy’s neighbor that has a very nice B & B, where I stayed for the night. I worked on my journal until about midnight.

Tuesday, June 22, 2021
I woke up around 7:00 AM and paid Walt for my room. Then I dove to the Long trail at Stowe Ski area and hiked to the top of Mt Mansfield. It was a rocky, roots bumped trail with water on the rocks. My new shoes held very good, but I was nervous about slipping and was not looking forward to the hike down the mountain. I made it about half way up the mountain before I saw the first person I had seen on the hike. As I got closer to the top, I saw more people and asked about hiking down the mountain on the ski trails. The very top part of the hike was step and similar to rock climbing. From the top clouds were moving in and I did not get much of a view. While at the summit I met a girl that worked in one of the hiking huts and her parents lived near Mt Tabor in Portland. She also told me she going to college in Walla Walla, Washington. She told me about a visitor center, but I was not sure which way to go. When I came to a y in the trail, I was trying to figure out which way to go for the visitor center and the girl showed up and told me to go towards the toll road to find the visitor center. It was an out and back trail, when I was thinking about going another group of ladies showed up that had been to the visitor center and they told me there was nothing to see at the visitor center. At that point, I decided to head to the Stowe ski area gondola and take the ski trail down and skip going the extra couple of miles to the visitor center. When I got to the bottom of the mountains the top was clear for a short time, too bad I was not at the top a little latter. It did cloud back over after about 20 minutes. I was glad that taking the ski trails down the mountain was not so rocky and wet. The part from the Long trail to the Gondola was more of the rocky stuff that I needed to partially crawl down. The hike down the ski runs was hard on my toes, the new shoes I bought at Walmart must not be fit perfectly, it took a long time to get down the mountain on the ski trails. Then I walked around the Stowe ski village, it was not that cool. Then I drove the 7 miles back to the town of Stowe and walked around there, that town was cool. Then I drove back to Tracy’s place to get my bike, I was able to say bye to both Tracy and Lynne.

This is the hiking GPS route with elevation profile Ted recorded while Climbing Mount Mansfield in Vermont.	Part of the Long Trail, this is the oldest long-distance trail in the USA. The trail goes the length of Vermont. This photo was taken on the portion near Stowe ski area leading to the summit of Mount Mansfield, Vermont,	Photo from Long Trail on Mont Mansfield, Vermont.
Outhouse for Taft Lodge on Mont Mansfield in Vermont	Taft Lodge on Mont Mansfield in Vermont.	Ted in front of Taft Lodge on Mont Mansfield in Vermont.
Ted inside Taft Lodge on Mont Mansfield in Vermont.	Ted on Long Trail hiking to the summit of Mont Mansfield in Vermont.	Ted at the summit of Mont Mansfield in Vermont.
Hiking the Long Trail towards the top of the Gondola at Stowe ski area. Taken on Ted’s way down from the summit of Mount Mansfield in Vermont.	Rocky Long Trail on Mount Mansfield in Vermont.	Trail that connects Long Trail to the top of Stowe Ski Area on Mount Mansfield in Vermont. Between summit of Mount Mansfield and the top of the Stowe’s Gondola.
Ted near the top of the Gondola at Stowe Ski area in Vermont.	Ted in the town of Stowe, Vermont.	Ted near covered walk on bridge in the town of Stowe, Vermont.

Then I drove to the town of Gorham and got a room for the night. I saw cool historic trains in a park at Gorham (Outside of Gorham Historical Society & Railroad Museum). I called Gloria and told her I would be able to come over for a night and I arranged to see her the next day, I meant to schedule my trip for Thursday. I worked on my journal. watched TV and did Facebook stuff until after midnight.

Wednesday, June 23, 2021
In the morning I checked out of my motel and then checked out the trains in the park one more time before leaving Gorham.

Track car outside Gorham Historical Society & Railroad Museum in Gorham New Hampshire.	Ted with Gorham Town Hall in the background.	Grand Trunk Railroad Depoe in Gorham, New Hampshire.
Back of 1951 Russell Snow Plow on display in Gorham, New Hampshire.	Ted in front of the 1951 Russell Snow Plow on display in Gorham, New Hampshire.	Ted in front of the 1949 F-7 B&M diesel locomotive on display in Gorham, New Hampshire.

When I arrived at the road to the top of Mt Washington, I thought about driving to the summit. It cost $39.00 to use the road to drive to the top of Mt Washington. It was $40.00 to have them take you up in a van with a tour guide. I decided to take the van to the top of Mt. Washington, it was easier and I saw no real advantage of driving on my own. While at the top of Mt Washington the train came to the top of the mountain from the other side of the mountain, I think I would have liked to have taken the train, but I was not sure I could get a seat, it would have taken a lot longer to get there, the train took longer than the van tour I took and Gloria was expecting me at her place that evening. After the tour I went to wildcat ski area and hiked to Thomas Falls. I was planning on hiking up the ski trail originally, but since I took the van tour to the top of Mt Washington, the mountain tops were cloudy and I was on a time crunch, I decided to skip the hike up the ski trail. I left the ski area and drove to Pinkham Notch visitor center. I hiked to the bridge near Crystal Cascade Falls, I thought that was the actual falls, but about a month after my trip I was working on this journal and realized that I needed to go upstream a very short distance to get the real Crystal Cascade falls. (Bummer!) Then I drove to the parking lot for Glen Ellis Falls and hike from there to Glenn Ellis falls. Then I drove towards Crawford notch and stopped to take a longer hike to Arethusa Falls, I did not have much time and made the hike very rapidly. It was not a great waterfall, in my opinion not worth the hike. I thought I lost my camera case at the falls, I found it on my last day in the rental car (5 days later). Then I quickly checked out Crawford Notch, not sure what I was checking out.

The tour van I took to the summit of Mt. Washington, New Hampshire.	Ted at the summit of Mt. Washington, New Hampshire.	Sign indicating highest wind ever recorded by man is on the top of Mt. Washington, New Hampshire.
Clog railroad train at the summit of Mt. Washington, New Hampshire.	Ted at the summit of Mt. Washington, New Hampshire.	Wildcat ski area seen from tour van on the descent down Mt. Washington, New Hampshire.
Ted at Wildcat ski area in New Hampshire.	Ted at Wildcat ski area in New Hampshire.	Ted at Thomas Falls near Wildcat ski area in New Hampshire.
Ted at Glen Ellis Falls in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.	Trail down to base of Glen Ellis Falls in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.	Ted near Glen Ellis Falls (smaller falls above bigger Glen Ellis Falls) in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.
Sign for Jackson covered bridge in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.	Ted in front of Jackson covered bridge in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.	Arethusa Falls in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.

Maine/ New Hampshire

Then I drove to Gloria’s place and she cooked me a great Atlantic salmon dinner. I spent the night in her guest room. I worked on my journal until about midnight and then had a great night’s sleep.

Thursday, June 24, 2021
I hung out with Gloria until about 9:30 AM and then drove to Bowdoin College and checked out the campus of Bowdoin where my dad went to school. Then I drove the long ways to Belfast. I started thinking all the driving was a waste of time. However, once I finally made it to the Belfast, it was a great place to check out. It was a neat fishing town with cool old building, a large ship yard and a great walking bridge to cross the harbor. Then I drove to Augusta and checked out the capital of Maine.

Ted at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine.	Ted at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine.	Ted at Bowdoin College near football statue (my dad played Football for Bowdoin College) in Brunswick, Maine.
Building in Belfast, Maine.	Building in Belfast, Maine.	Ted with buildings in Belfast, Maine.
Shipyard sign in Belfast, Maine.	Republican office in Augusta, Maine.	Ted with capital building in Augusta, Maine.

Then I drove back to Gloria’s place, I did not get back there until about 9:00 PM. We talked drank wine and I went to sleep in her guest room. I worked on my stuff until about midnight.

Friday, June 25, 2021
I left Gloria’s place around 8:30 AM and drove to Wells, Moody beach (no town and 4 dollars to park for beach access, not many people, I did not park to check out beach) and then Ogunquit (lots of people and goings on, did not seem like a good way to spend time, so I did not pay for parking and walking around). I then went into New Hampshire and stopped at the Portsmouth visitor center. The visitor center was not open yet, but had some pamphlets you could get near the entrance door, where I found a good walking tour map of Portsmouth. I paid for 3 hours of parking and I walked all around following the walking guide I found at the visitor center. At one point I was looking at my map and a nice looking, age-appropriate lady asked if I need help finding something. I showed her my map and she suggested a couple of places to check out, one was 4 tree island and I walked there. I saw the lady that told me to check out the island at the island and she suggested other places to check out, she seemed like a very nice lady. I continued walking around, it was a great place to quickly visit.

Ted in front of a church in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.	Fishing house in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.	Portsmouth, New Hampshire as seen from Memorial Bridge.
Memorial Bridge in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.	Building in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.	Memorial bridge as seen from 4 tree island in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
Building in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.	April 1759 grave stone in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.	Ted in front of building in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
Fountain in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.	Building in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.	African burial grounds memorial in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

Then I drove over to Manchester and look at the nearby Super 8 hotel, it did not look that good. I ended up getting a haircut, it was hard to do (I like my hair, but it is hard to manage). I have wanted to try the shorted hair since I lost Marty. Probably a mistake I might now attracts pickier women. Then I drove to Nashua and got a room at the Motel 6. I forgot to turn on my GPS when I left Maine , therefore I have no track of this days route.. This is the first day that I missed almost my entire daily track. I was at the hotel by about 3:00 PM and drove to Mine Falls Park. I hiked for about 4 miles there.

Black bird seen at Mine Falls Park, Nashua, New Hampshire.	Beaver dam seen at Mine Falls Park, Nashua, New Hampshire.	Hydro Dam at Mine Falls Park, Nashua, New Hampshire.
Gatehouse from 1888 at Mine Falls Park, Nashua, New Hampshire.	Great blue heron seen at Mine Falls Park, Nashua, New Hampshire.	Ted with gatehouse in background at Mine Falls Park, Nashua, New Hampshire.
Channel Dam at Mine Falls Park, Nashua, New Hampshire.	Cannon in park at corner of Concord street and Amherst street in Nashua, New Hampshire.	Clock tower place apartments in Nashua, New Hampshire.

Then I drove back to my motel, I started packing stuff up in preparation for my departure in a few days and got ready for the funeral for the next day. I watched TV, worked on my journal and went to sleep before midnight.

Massachusetts

Saturday, June 26, 2021
I left the motel at about 8:20 AM and got breakfast at McDonalds. I first drove to the church were Shirley’s funeral service was taking place. I was there about an hour early. No one else was there, so I drove to where the cemetery was located. Both places I saved on my car GPS. I went back to the church and a lot of people were outside. I went to re-introduce myself to my relatives. They look a lot they looked 20 years ago, just older than last time I saw them. I went to the mass for Shirley, it was a long full mass with communion and all. It has been at least 30 years since the last time I went to a full mass (as far as I remember). It seemed to take forever, probably actually about an hour. After the mass we drove to the Cemetery where Shirley ashes would be buried. I found Grandpa and Nana Stagnone’s grave stones, as well as Dan and Pat Stagnone’s graves stones near where Shirley’s ashes would be buried. Lou Stagnone’s grave stone was right next to where Shirley’s ashes would be buried.

Aunt Shirley’s funeral mass at St. Robert Bellarmine church in Andover, Massachusetts.	Aunt Shirley’s funeral mass at St. Robert Bellarmine church in Andover, Massachusetts.	Aunt Shirley’s funeral mass at St. Robert Bellarmine church in Andover, Massachusetts.
Outside the church of Aunt Shirley’s funeral at St. Robert Bellarmine church in Andover, Massachusetts.	Outside the church of Aunt Shirley’s funeral at St. Robert Bellarmine church in Andover, Massachusetts.	Outside the church of Aunt Shirley’s funeral at St. Robert Bellarmine church in Andover, Massachusetts.
Aunt Shirley’s funeral at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Tewksbury, Massachusetts.	Ted at Aunt Shirley’s funeral at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Tewksbury, Massachusetts.	Aunt Shirley’s ashes on top of where they will be buried at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Tewksbury, Massachusetts.
Gravestone of my Grandfather and Grandmother (Nana) Stagnone at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Tewksbury, Massachusetts.	Uncle Louis’ gravestone at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Tewksbury, Massachusetts. This was my dad’s oldest brother and Shirley’s husband. Shirley’s ashes will be buried next to Louis.	This is the Gravestone of Uncle Dan (one of my dad’s brothers) and Aunt Pat (Dan’s wife) at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Tewksbury, Massachusetts.

Then I drove to Gordy and Beth’s place for the reception. It was great reunited with my cousins, Uncle Frank and Aunt Trish. At the reception cousin Joe had a friend of his from the Air force join the reception, the friend was living in Albuquerque New Mexico. The man had graduated from Albuquerque’s Highland high school in 1964, moved away and then moved back to Albuquerque when he retired. Lots of my relatives where at the reception Uncle Frank (Uncle Frank is the last brother of my dad’s that is still alive), Aunt Trish (Frank’s spouse), Uncle Franks kids (cousins Jeff and cousin Chris), Uncle Louie’s kids (cousin Mark, cousin Tom, cousin Joe, cousin Beth and cousin Mary Lou), all these cousin’s spouses and some of their kids. It was great seeing everyone, I felt very lucky that I was invited and showed up for the funeral mass, cemetery reception and celebration of life reception. I was planning on driving to Salem to find a hotel after the celebration of live reception, but Beth and Gordy invited me to stayed at their place that night. I was very glad they offered and stayed on their couch. I had drank some wine earlier and quit so I could drive to Salem. Since I was staying for the night, I had another glass of wine. I ended up staying at Beth and Gordy’s for 2 nights. They have a great place with plenty of rooms and bathrooms. I slept great on their couch. I could have gotten a room in their house for the second night (the first night the extra room was used by cousin Tom), but I told them I slept great on the couch and would stay there again.

Louis and Shirley’s celebration of life reception at cousin Beth and Gordy’s place in Amesbury, Massachusetts.	Louis and Shirley’s celebration of life reception at cousin Beth and Gordy’s place in Amesbury, Massachusetts.	Louis and Shirley’s celebration of life reception at cousin Beth and Gordy’s place in Amesbury, Massachusetts.
Uncle Louis and aunt Shirley’s photos at cousin Beth and Gordy’s celebration of live reception for Louis and Shirley in Amesbury, Massachusetts.	Uncle Louis military certificates at cousin Beth and Gordy’s reception in Amesbury, Massachusetts.	Ted with his relatives at Louis and Shirley’s celebration of life reception at cousin Beth and Gordy’s place in Amesbury, Massachusetts.

Massachusetts/ New Hampshire

Sunday, June 27, 2021
I slept great on the couch and the next morning I helped take down tents and clean up yard stuff at Beth’s place. Joe said it took them 2 days to get setup for Louis and Shirley’s celebration of life reception, it took us most of the morning to take everything down. We went to get one of Gordy’s business trucks and checked out Gordy’s work stock yard. Cousin Tom was planning on making an office at Gordy’s stock yard (near his house, but not sure if it was the same town) and moving from Rhode Island to Massachusetts within a year. Gordy has quit a collection of business tools and a fleet of service vans. He has both an electrical and excavation company. Tom headed back to Rhode Island from Gordy’s stock yard and we went back to Gordy’s place with a truck to load it up some of the lawn furniture used for the celebration of life reception (The rest of the lawn furniture belonged to Beth and Gordy). Then Joe and I went to cousin Mary Lou’s place to unloaded the lawn furniture from the reception (they used Mary Lou’s lawn furniture and Beth’s lawn furniture for the previous day’s reception.). Then Joe took me back to Gordy’s place and we loaded up Beth and Gordy’s’ suburban with stuff for the beach. Next, we drove to Seabrook, New Hampshire where cousin Chris has a house. Chris also has a place in Chelmsford where he lives half time. We all went out to the beach and spent too much time in the sun. I ended out sun burnt even thought I had 30 SPF sun screen on. We got back to Beth’s’ place around 6:00 PM and I drove to Salem. I checked out Salem’s historic area and it’s Warf. The witch museum was closed, but I did see what I wanted to see. Then I drove back to Beth and Gordy’s.

Gordy’s stock yard in Massachusetts.	One of Gordy’s electrical service trucks at his home in Amesbury, Massachusetts.	Front yard parking at cousin Chris’s beach house at Seabrook, New Hampshire.
Back yard of cousin Chris’s beach house at Seabrook, New Hampshire.	Ted at beach with relatives in Seabrook, New Hampshire.	Witch museum in Salem, Massachusetts.
Ted in front of witch museum in Salem, Massachusetts.	Ted in Salem, Massachusetts.	Building in Salem, Massachusetts.
Building in Salem, Massachusetts.	Building (Salem Witch Village) in Salem, Massachusetts.	Building (town Hall) in Salem, Massachusetts.
Building in Salem, Massachusetts.	Shop in Salem, Massachusetts.	Shop in Salem, Massachusetts.
Ted with bewitched Samantha statue in Salem, Massachusetts.	Historic building in Salem, Massachusetts.	Friendship of Salem boat in Salem, Massachusetts.
Salem Maritime National Historic Site in Salem, Massachusetts.	Ted in front of the Derby Wharf Light Station in Salem, Massachusetts.	Building in Salem, Massachusetts.

Beth was still up, she told me how she went ATV riding near her house and all the wild life she had seen (rabbits, deer, etc.). Gordy and Beth’s sons and one of the son’s girlfriend showed up. I told them about my suit case bicycle and gave them handouts of my American Journey. They seemed very interested. I went to sleep around 11:00 PM.

Monday, June 28, 2021
I woke up around 7:00 AM and said bye to Gordy and thanked him for everything. I sent Beth a text to thank her for everything (she was still asleep when I left). Then I drove to Newburyport and quickly checked out town. Then I drove to Plum Island (Parker River National Wildlife Refuge) and walked the loop trails near parking lot 4. I checked out the two bird watch towers (lot 4 and lot 5 (The road was paved to lot 4, after lot 4 the road was dirt)), I was in too, much of a hurry to see any cool birds.

Atkinson Common Civil War Memorial in Newburyport, Massachusetts.	Ted at Atkinson Common Tower in Newburyport, Massachusetts.	Ted in front of church in Newburyport, Massachusetts.
Church in Newburyport, Massachusetts.	Ted near a church in Newburyport, Massachusetts.	Hellcat Interpretive trail (near lot 4) on Plum Island (Parker River National Wildlife Refuge), Massachusetts.
Ted on Hellcat Interpretive trail (near lot 4) on Plum Island (Parker River National Wildlife Refuge), Massachusetts.	View from wild life viewing tower near Hellcat parking lot (lot 4) on Plum Island (Parker River National Wildlife Refuge), Massachusetts.	Ted with view of beach from wild life viewing tower near Pines rail parking lot (lot 5) on Plum Island (Parker River National Wildlife Refuge), Massachusetts.

I then drove towards Manchester airport, stopped for a soda at a rest stop, got rental car gassed up, took time at Airport repacking next to my rental car and then returned the rental car by about 12:40 PM, the rental car was due to be returned at 1:00 PM. I went to check my language in for my flight home and found the stuff (clothing and biking stuff) suitcase was overweight. I moved a pair of shoes from my stuff suitcase to my bike suitcase, the airline check in attendant reweighed my 2 suitcases and then both suitcases were not overweight. I was then able to check my bags at the normal weight per bag price. If a suitcase were overweight, it would have cost about an additional $100.00. I thought the overweight suitcase would be the bike suitcase, not the stuff suitcase. The flight was completely full and ready to go, but they told us the weather in Chicago was bad so we ended up waiting on the Manchester runway for about 2 hours. We did not leave Manchester until about 6:05 PM (the flight was due to leave at 3:56 PM). When we arrived on the runway in Chicago, I saw that I only had 7 minutes to catch my connecting flight. From the runway on the plane using google I found the flight was delayed by 20 minutes (originally due to depart at 7:30 PM, new departure was 7:50 PM), by the time we got off the plane, it was already too late to catch the delayed flight time. Then I looked at the flight status screen in the airport terminal and it indicted my flight to Portland was delayed by another 15 minutes (New departure was 8:05 PM). So, I ran to the other gate (I started at gate G15 and had to go to H15, it was a long ways). As I was going to my gate, I also tried to make a quick restroom stop, but the sitting spots were all in use (I checked two bathrooms). By the time I got to my flight the 15 minutes was up, but they still let me on the plane. They continued to load the flight for about 10 more minutes. A woman that thought it was her seat had taken my seat and then she realized she was off by a row (her seat was one row up). She wanted to stay in my seat, seem like she liked the guy seated next to her. Then I said I would take her seat and another person on her correct seat row pointed out there was a lot of vacant seats on the plane, so I found a row without anyone seated. Then a lady asked if the other seats were available in my new row and she ended up taking the window seat, I took the row seat so I could use the restroom (plus due to my hearing it was the wrong side of plane for me to take the window). It was nice that we had a spare seat between the two if us. They closed the plane door and departed the gate, then we had to taxi on the runway for a while due to the line of planes departing the runway and more weather moving in (they were waiting 10 minutes between each plane on the runway). We departed Chicago Ohara Airport at about 8:55 PM and the pilot announced the temperature was 113 degrees Fahrenheit in Portland Oregon. They were having record heat in Portland for days before I left the new England states (38 degrees above normal on this day). We arrive in Portland a little after 10:30 PM and the pilot announced the temperature in Portland was then only 82 degrees Fahrenheit. That meant I completed missed the excessive heat in Portland and now the temperature was going back towards normal (77 degrees is about normal for this time of year). The following day the high was 92 degrees Fahrenheit. I just barely missed the record high temperatures in Portland. I picked up my luggage and took a taxi home. When I got home my house was like an oven, I opened the door and used my fans to cool the house down to the outside temperature. If took a while to get the temperature down, I went to sleep a little after midnight.

June 29, 2021
I woke up around 7:00 AM and was back to work by about 8:00 AM.

Trip expenses

5342.47 USD - Total Expense

pre-trip expenses
$497.7 - Airfare
$1824.93 - Thrifty rental car
$230 – Supplemental car insurance
$112.84 – Days in at Keene, New Hampshire
Total – $2665.47

Saturday, June 5, 2021
$3.5 = Max to PDX
$70.0 = Luggage on airplane fee
Total USD – $73.50

Sunday, June 6, 2021
$3.98 – Charlotte, NC airport –20 Oz Diet Mt Dew (looks like I was charge for 2 Mt Dews)
$3.21 – Near Keene, NH – – 77.9 g sun chips and 20 Oz Diet Dr. Pepper
$37.04 – Keene, NH - 3.79 Liter Arizona Ice Tea, 517 gram Lasagna, two 828 ml Orange Zeroes, five Bananas. two cans of tuna, a gallon of water, 435 gram unsalted saltine like crackers, six 16 oz Dt Dew Zeros, 340.2 Grams of Tostado chips, a Loaf of Bread and Plastic Silverware (48 assorted)
Total USD – $44.23

Monday, June 7, 2021
$9.89 – Brattleboro, VT – Wendy’s - Dave, single burger meal
$65 – Killington, VT - Hotel - Hillside Inn
Total USD – $74.89

Tuesday, June 8, 2021
$1.9 – Killington, VT - 20 fl oz -Vitamin water
$6.91 - Rutland, VT – McDonalds - McGriddle meal – Sausage, Egg and Cheese
$7.00 - Rutland, VT – Tube and bike tire repair
$22.00 – Castleton, VT – 7.667 gallons of gas
$15.51 – Castleton, VT – General Dollar - Micro USB charger, 6-pack of 16-oz Zero Mt Dews, 20 Oz Diet coke, 77.9 Gram bag of Doritos
$10.00 – Glen Falls, NY - 340 gram Creamy Tomato Tortellini, 340 gram Bake Ziti and 20 oz vitamin water
$2.00 – Glen Falls, NY – Diet Pepsi at Hotel
$64.37 – Glen Falls, NY - Hotel - Days Inn
Total USD – $ 129.69

Wednesday, June 9, 2021
$5.76 – Glen Falls, NY - McDonalds - Sausage McMuffin with egg meal
$23.56 – strip mall near Glenn Falls, NY – USB => C/ USB => Micro/ 3 X 20oz vitamin water/ paper bag (.05)
$19.45 – Scheneectady, NY – Two bike tubes
$2.99 – near Stone Ridge, NY - 198.4 gram sun chips
$17.27 – near Stone Ridge, NY - Bottle of red wine
$0.00 – Stone Ridge, NY – Stayed with Niece Kate and her husband Renan
Total USD – $69.03

Thursday, June 10, 2021
$6.47 – Kingston, NY – Quickcheck - 20 Oz coffee, 20 Oz diet MT Dew and 99 gram Tastkake-Chocolate Bell (Like Ding Dong)
$12.98 – Modena, NY - McDonalds - Spicy Chicken meal
$4.21 - Delaware Water Gap, PA – 99 gram Tastkake-Chocolate Bell (Like Ding Dong) and 20 Oz diet coke
$7.09 - Delaware Water Gap, PA – Microwave Cheese burger (210G) and 20 Oz vitamin water
$4.00 - Delaware Water Gap, PA – 28.3 Gram Cheetos, 28.3 G Doritos and 20 Oz Diet Pepsi
$75.60 – Delaware Water Gap, PA - Hotel - Rodeway Inn
Total USD – $110.35

Friday, June 11, 2021
$26.00 - Delaware Water Gap, PA – 8.2305 Gallons of gas
$3.78 – Stroudsbu, PA – 85 Gram Spicy Salsa Chips & Free Coffee & 99 gram Tastkake-Chocolate Bell (Like Ding Dong)
$6.99 - Stroudsbu, PA - McDonalds - McGriddle meal – Sausage, Egg and Cheese
$6.09 – I-81 0r I-83 TBD, PA - 24 Oz Coffee & 20 Oz Diet dr. Pepper & 77.9 G bad of Doritos
$8.00 - Jim Thorpe - Parking
$70.63 – Towson (Baltimore), MD - Hotel - Cheap stinky Hotel
Total USD – $120.86

Saturday, June 12, 2021
$5.50 – Towson (Baltimore), MD - McDonalds - Sausage McMuffin with egg meal
$10.26 – Maryland – Wendy’s - Dave, single burger meal
$25.00 – Hagerstown, MD – 8.335 Gallons of gas at Pilot
$6.33 – Hagerstown, MD, Pilot - Large Coffee, 1 Liter ice Tea (Brisk) and TastyKase mini Doughnuts (six Doughnuts, total 94 Grams)
$63.05 – Fairmont, WV - Hotel - Motel 8 - Fairmont - $55 + tax (AARP Discounted)
Total USD – $110.14

Sunday, June 13, 2021
$2.00 – Fairmont, WV - Diet Pepsi at Hotel
$5.45 - Fairmont, WV – McDonalds - Sausage McMuffin with egg meal
$1.75 - Prickets Fort State Park, WV - Zero in Vending machine by Fort on bike rail trail
$16.05 – Morgantown, WV - Family Dollar – 125 gram Brownie King (5 brownies), six pairs sock package, Three pair glove package, box of 38 zip lock baggies, Shoe laces and 20 OZ Diet Mt. Dew
$24.00 – TBD – 7.768 Gallons of gas
$5.37 – TBD - Large Coffee, 77.9 Gram bag of Sun Chips and 20 OZ Diet Mt. Dew
$80.55 – Luxington, VA - Hotel – Motel 6
Total USD – $135.17

Monday, June 14, 2021
$6.11 – Luxington, VA - Burger King - Sausage, Egg and Cheese Crescent meal
$6.79 – TBD, VA - Large Coffee, 20 Oz Diet Mt Dew and Tastkake-Chocolate Bell (Like Ding Dong)
$23.00 - Annapolis, MD – 7.2839 Gallons of gas
$5.17 - Annapolis, MD – Exon - medium Coffee, 1 liter Brisk Tea and Tastycase mini Doughnuts (siz Doughnuts, total 94 Grams)
$9.62 - Annapolis, MD – Wendy’s - Dave, single burger meal
$100.00 – New Castle, DE - Hotel - Travel Inn
Total USD – $ 150.69

Tuesday, June 15, 2021
$7.29 – Bear, DE - McDonalds - McGriddle meal – Sausage, Egg and Cheese
$3.00 – Bear, DE – Pure leave Brewed Tea and package of Granma like chocolate chip cookies
$7.59 – Bear, DE – Arby’s, Roast beef classic medium meal
$8.85 - Bordentown, NJ - Aldi - Loaf of bread, 2 7 OZ chicken pot pies, two cans of tuna, Vienna Sausage and 362 Gram box or rice crispy like cereal.
$3.50 - Bordentown, NJ - Hotel - 20 OZ diet coke and 85 gram taskeykake cakes
$70.07 – Bordentown, NJ - Hotel - Motel 6 like motel
Total USD – $100.30

Wednesday, June 16, 2021
$6.80 - Bordentown, NJ - McDonalds - Sausage McMuffin with egg meal
$25.02 - Fairfield, CT – 7.676 Gallons of gas
$6.80 – Fairfield, CT - two 20 Oz Diet Mt Dews, (No Coffee @ store) and 77.9 Gram bag of Doritos
$79.34 – Bradford, CT - Hotel – Motel 6
$2.25 – Bradford, CT - Motel 6 - Diet Pepsi - 20 Oz
Total USD – $120.21

Thursday, June 17, 2021
$8.58 – New Haven, CT - McDonalds - McGriddle meal – Sausage, Egg and Cheese
$4.08 – Hamden, CT - Six mini-doughnuts and Diet Dr. Pepper
$6.13 – Southington, CT - 20 Oz Diet Dr. Pepper, 77.9 gram Doritos and 79-gram Hershey Swiss Roll
$4.01 – Mid Trail, CT - 20 Oz Diet Mt Dew and 77 gram Chocolate Twinkies
$14.87 – Madison, CT - subway - Oven roast chicken meal with large drink
$73.56 – Providence, RI - Hotel - Motel 6
$2.00 - Providence, RI - Motel 6 - Brisk Ice tea 20 Oz
$1.50 - Providence, RI - Motel 6 - Grandma Brownie cookies 70.8 Grams
Total USD – $114.73

Friday, June 18, 2021
$7.33 - Providence, RI - McDonalds - Sausage McMuffin with egg meal
$3.98 – Summit, RI - McDonalds - 20 Oz Diet Mt Dew and 77.9 gram Doritos
$4.26 – Cranston, RI - ding Dongs (72 gram) and 20 Oz Diet Dr. Pepper
$216.31 – Orleans, MA - Motel – Old Tavern Inn and motel
$31.40 – Orleans, MA - 354 gram Wheat Thins, 340 gram Crispy (like checks), 170 gram Cheez-IT, 1 Quart Gatorade, two 170 gram yogurts, 170 gram bag of Mozzarella Sticks, Loaf of bread, two cans of tuna and two cans of Vienna Sausage and 3 bananas
Total USD – $263.28

Saturday, June 19, 2021
$8.50 – Orleans, MA - Spare tube 20 X 1-25 - 1.5
$2.98 - Pleasant Lake - 20 Oz Diet Coke and S’mores pop tarts
$4.33 – Harwich - 20 Oz diet coke and 77.9 gram Doritos
$21.00 - Eastham, OR – 6.648 Gallons of gas
$6.58 – Eastham, MA - large coffee, 42.5 grams Cumberland BBQ chips, 20 Oz Diet mountain dew and 72 gram Ding Dongs
$5.49 – Plymouth, MA - two 20 Oz Diet Mt Dews and 116 gram Drakes FunnyBones (peanut butter cream filed twinkle like cakes)
$112.59 – Tewksbury, MA - Hotel – Motel 6
Total USD – $161.47

Sunday, June 20, 2021
$12.43 – Lowell, MA - Hair Gel, 20 Oz Diet Mt Dew and 20 Oz Diet Dr. pepper
$7.17 – Tewksbury, MA - McDonalds - Sausage McMuffin with egg meal
$78.43 – Chelmsford, MA - 198.4 Gran Sun chips, tennis shoes, 6 AA batteries, 3 pair of socks, 20 Oz diet coke, 295 gram box of 8 breakfast bars and 2 pairs of shorts.
$8.29 – Chelmsford, MA - Five bananas, two 1.75 Pt Zeros, 20 Oz Diet MT dew, 388 gram Ritz Crackers.
$14.99 – Chelmsford, MA - Bottle of red wine
$4.00 – Lowell, MA - Entrance to Mill Museum
$4.08 – Nashua, NH - 20 Oz Diet Dr. Pepper and 96 gram Drake Yodos
$83.39 – Manchester, NH - Hotel – Econo Lodge6
Total USD – $212.78

Monday, June 21, 2021
$8.27 – Manchester, NH - Burger King - Double Sausage, Egg and Cheese Crescent meal
$1.00 – Concord, NH – Parking
$1.75 – Lebanon, NH - Diet Dr. Pepper Rest Stop prior to Lebanon
$23.00 - Lebanon, NH – 7.935 Gallons of gas
$3.68 – Lebanon, NH - 77.9 Gram Sun Chips and 82 gram Drake Ring Dongs
$22.49 – Montpelier, VT - Shaws Groceries - 15.5 Oz Salsa, Bottle of wine, 372 gram box of Cosmic Brownies, 340.2 gram Tostitos chips
$50.00 – Waterbury, VT – B&B - Mountain Meadow View Bed and Breakfast
Total USD – $110.19

Tuesday, June 22, 2021
$5.32 – Stowe, VT - 2 cups of coffee and a pack of Ding Dongs
$7.23 - Montpelier, VT – large coffee, 20 Oz diet Dr. Pepper, 85 gram Ho Hoes and 85 gram Bugle Nacho Cheese Chips
$11.20 – Gorham, NH - General Dollar - Loaf of bread, two 283.5 Grams of frozen Birdseye mixed vegetables, 297 Gram Stouffers' Chicken Fettuccini Alfredo, 312 gram Box of pop tarts, 198.4 gram bag of sun Chips and 1.75 Pint Power Ade zero drink
$7.18 - Gorham - 340 gram Frozen devour Buffalo Style Mac and Cheese and 1 liter green tea
$64.31 – Gorham, NH - Hotel - Gorham Motel Inn
Total USD – $95.24

Wednesday, June 23, 2021
$8.38 – Gorham, NH - McDonalds - McGriddle meal – Sausage, Egg and Cheese
$25.20 – Mt Washington Tours - Coat at gift shop to tour company to Mt Washington (40% off sale)
$40.00 – Mt Washing Tours - tour to the top of Mt. Washington
$2.25 – Pinkham Notch - 16 oz diet coke
$5.00 – White Mountains - Parking Glen Ellis Falls
$21.00 - Glenn, NH – 7.0626 Gallons of gas
$4.18 – Glenn, NH - 20 Oz diet Dr. Pepper and 72 gram ding-dong
$2.03 – Kennebunk, ME – Medium Coffee
$0.00 – Kennebunk, ME - Hotel – Stayed at Gloria’s place – dad’s best friend
Total USD – $108.04

Thursday, June 24, 2021
$5.06 – Kennebunk, ME - 20 Oz Diet Dr. Pepper and 47.9 gram M & Ms
$9.86 - Brunswick, ME – Walmart - 20 Oz Diet Dr. Pepper, 372 gram box of Comic Brownies (six Brownies), 340 gram Toasted O's, two 127 gram chicken breasts and two 130 gram and two 130 gram cans of Vienna Sausage
$8.63 – Augusta, ME – Wendy’s - Dave, single burger meal
$14.99 – Kennebunk, ME - Bottle of white wine
$0.00 – Kennebunk, ME - Hotel – Stayed at Gloria’s place – dad’s best friend
Total USD – $38.54

Friday, June 25, 2021
$4.50 – Portsmouth, NH – Three hours of parking
$27.00 - Manchester, NH – 9.125 Gallons of gas
$23.00 - Manchester, NH – Sport Cuts – hair cut
$5.00 - Manchester, NH – Tip to lady that cut my hair at “Sport Cuts of Manchester”
$28.80 - Manchester, NH – Walmart - 547 ml Ice tea, 827 ml Power Aid Zero drink, 454 grams unsalted Cashews, 77.9 gram bag of Doritos, 57 gram can of shaving cream, Shaver, Comb and Camera case
$88.09– Manchester, NH - Hotel – Motel 6
Total USD – $176.39

Saturday, June 26, 2021
$6.20 – Nashua, NH - McDonalds - Sausage McMuffin with egg meal
$0.00 – Amesbury, MA - Hotel – Slept at Gordy and Cousin Beth’s place
Total USD – $6.20

Sunday, June 27, 2021
$4.33 – Salem, MA - 20 Oz Diet Dr. Pepper and 108-gram zingers (3 cakes)
$0.00 – Amesbury, MA - Hotel – Slept at Gordy and Cousin Beth’s place
Total USD – $4.33

Monday, June 28, 2021
$7.79 – Amesbury, MA - McDonalds - McGriddle meal – Sausage, Egg and Cheese
$1.00 – Newburyport, MA – Parking for 1 hour
$5.00 – Plum Island, MA - Entry fee to enter "Parker River National Wildlife Refuge"
$1.50 - First NH Reststop - Diet Dr. Pepper
$19.00 - Manchester, NH – 6.42 Gallons of gas
$70.00 - Manchester Airport
$3.25 - Manchester Airport
$2.25 - Manchester Airport
$32.00 – Portland, OR – Taxi ride home from airport
$5.00 – Portland, OR – Tip to Taxi driver
Total USD – $146.79

Total Cycling Millage = 775.4 MI (1247.88 KM)

Total Ground Transportation Millage = 3627 MI (5837.08 KM)