Boston, MA

We're in Boston, our last major stop before reaching our final destination, Washington DC. We got here on Wednesday - it took us three days to ride down from Brunswick/Bath, ME, which is around 230 miles north of here. The weather here has been amazing - the sky is spotless and it's actually quite hot walking around during the day. We're staying with our friend Mike at his house in Lexington and have been meeting a lot of old friends from college and from Lithuania. Today, we are starting to prepare for departure. Mike will be joining us for the last segment of our trip to Washington DC, which should take us eleven or twelve days from tomorrow.

The last three days of riding before we reached Boston were interesting, to say the least. Our map guided us through urban roads with quite a bit of traffic and few places of interest for travelers. We rode along the actual coast for a little bit but that only lasted half a day. And there was the rain... It didn't really clear up at all for three days and we got pretty wet riding. Sometimes the rain would stop quickly but most of the time they were prolonged storms and waiting them out was just not an option if you wanted to cover any meaningful distance. So we rode in the rain, getting soaking wet even wearing the rain jackets and long spandex underwear. It certainly is not a fun feeling. Actually, for the first time since we started our trip two months ago, it felt like hard work rather than leisure to me. We were just pressing ahead, riding as fast as we could given the slippery roads, and trying to get into Boston as soon as possible. So that's why the little bit of sun and warmth we are getting this weekend is so refreshing. All I hope for is that it stays that way for a few more days as we resume our trip.

For the next two weeks we will be riding south, crossing Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania and Maryland. We hope that the route takes us a bit further from the cities and through nicer back country roads. We have around 650 miles to cover until DC and should be getting there on July 22 or thereabouts.

Thanks for following and farewell!