Dutch Country
Today was another short ride – down to Lancaster, PA. So now I am in the heart of the Dutch Country – with a day off. That means I should be able to squeeze in both some Amish countryside sighseeing and a visit to the downtown of Lancaster (the hotel is a bit outside). Apparently, Lancaster has been voted the 12th most walkable city in the US, which sounds promising.
Today I felt strong on the bike; I guess knowing that it was just a 2-hour ride helped as well. The roads were rolling, but not like in Connecticut where it usually was steep up-and-downs – here it is more stretched out, so you have a chance of getting into a good rhythm regardless of whether you’re going uphill or downhill. And inadvertently I must have ridden on a popular bike route, because I saw the largest number of bicyclists by far – I must have met 20 or so, most near Lancaster. For those of you that are not Americans; today is Memorial Day in the US, which is a holiday and (most) people are hence not working but can do more appealing things such as bicycling.
Me, I am heading out to enjoy the beautiful day – sunshine, light breeze and a temperature in the high 70s. What more could one want?
Today’s route looked like this.
Tags: bicycling