Alive and well-fed in Chincoteague, VA

We are in Chincoteague Island, VA. We arrived last nite after a 60 mile ride with a tailwind most of the way. When we turned onto the 8 mile causeway, we turned into the wind, and fought it out to the island. When we hit the island, we made a beeline to a sandwich shop we ate at about 20 years ago. There it was, and they still make a great Philly cheesesteak sandwich. Cathy & I each had a whole sub each, and then we found a motel.

We also enjoyed the items from Great Harvest Bread Company that Erica and Ray sent us. The second picture is of me getting the last bite of cookie from this shipment. I had our only flat tire (so far) right in front of this house with shade and a swing to sit on. So I refreshed after changing the tire.

We did have a weather related adventure in Ocean City, Md. We were passing thru and saw that a thunderstorm was approaching, and we did get raincoats on, then we tried to make a run for a motel. Before we could turn around, the front came across, and Cathy says "a wind picked up the front of my bike", and she fell, and sought shelter behind a rescue trailer. I made it across the street to a store. I called her on the cellphone, as I could not see thru the storm. We were reunited 5 minutes later as the heavy rain ended. We spent that night in Ocean City, and no harm was done, except to ego.

All is going good, and we are both feeling strong and healthy.

Hanna Izadorable

Thursday was a long 62 mile day, hot and humid. But what a lovely ride it was. The Kruimers led the way for us from Edison to Point Pleasant, NJ. We headed east to the shore, and then with the cooler ocean air, headed south to our destination.

The route was gentle and scenic with the Henry Hudson Trail as one of the features. The Kruimers had a front tire flat, but the location was delightful. While the men changed the tire, we ladies sat in the shade and enjoyed the lovely sites to be seen. We were on our way in no time. We rode down the boardwalk through Asbury Park, a place I remember from my childhood. We had pizza and finished in Point Pleasant around 6:30.

Hanna added some excitement to our Friday ride. People were rushing to leave the shore. We had a leisurely 25 mile ride to our destination, Toms River, NJ. This is where we planned to see 94 year old uncle Izzie who calls himself Izadorable. We spent Saturday with Izzie and his family and shared a great meal. It was rainy and windy as Hanna was passing through.

When we checked into our hotel there was a package on the bed from our good friends, Erica and Ray, owners of our favorite bakery, Great Harvest Bread Company in Johns Creek, GA. They know us well and sent us some of our favorite items. Thank you so much! We will be enjoying them for the next few days.

Tommorow we head south, using a NJ state bike map to guide us toward Cape May. We will be waiting to see if Ike will mess with us. Hanna turned out to be just a rainy rest day while we ate and visited. Not bad timing....

The Bikes are Re-built, and we're ready to go!

We had a easy flight to NJ, traveled by train to the Edison area, then Ann Kruimer picked us up and took us to Jerry And Stan's Bicycle Shop, where the bikes had been shipped.

They went togeter well,  but a few adjustments and a cable replacement later, we were ready to roll. Mike Kruimer led Cathy & I to his house, about 7 miles from the shop.

 

We all showered and went to Harold's Deli for a huge dinner (pictures to follow). Back to Mike & Ann's to visit awhile, then to bed.

 

Pancakes by Ann in the AM, and then we were off on the first leg of the trip by about 9am. Mike& Ann will lead us to the Jersery Shore, where it is supposed to be hot & humid today.

We're off.................

Preparations

We have shipped our bikes to Edison, New Jersey, where our friends Mike & Ann Kruimer live.
We will fly out of Atlanta early on 9/3, and re-assemble the bikes on Wednesday afternoon at Mike's friends bicycle shop, spend Wednesday evening eating pastrami and pickles at Harold's Deli, spend the night with the Kruimers, and then bike out of Edison on Thursday morning. The Kruimers will ride with us to Point Pleasant, on the NJ coast, where we will spend the next night.