The team of Chatham cyclists

The team of Chatham cyclists
Paul & Teresa Hoekstra along with yours truly, Cynthia Aukema and 118 other registered cyclists are riding their bikes from Sea to Sea this summer to end the plight of poverty throughout the world. The Chatham community, family and business associatates have been extremely generous and we have surpassed our minimum goal of $30,000. To date (June 25) we have raised $39,105.00 Wow, this just blows me away. Again, thanks so much for all your support.

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Day 59: Romulus to Binghamton 122km Uphill 3676 ft Downhill 3362 ft

Decided to set my alarm for 5:25 a.m. It’s suppose to be foggy out so I figured the guys would leave a bit later. Surprise, no fog so I had to quickly finish getting ready so I wouldn’t keep them waiting to long. Not too much dew on the tent, so packing up was a pleasure.

I believe we set out just before 7. Cory Nyhuis is biking today (no pulling the porta potty, instead he gets to experience the tour from the seat of a bike) so we split up the pace line and set out. Cory is biking with Barb, John, and Louie. I’m biking with Andy, Pete, Jake and Gerry.
Cynthia, John, Barb, Pete, Cory, Gerry, Louie, Jake and Andy all set to go

The ride today was fairly hilly. The only thing good about climbing is that you get to go down again. We started looking for a coffee shop around 8:45. In fact when we came to Walter’s sag we told him we wouldn’t stay long because we were ‘dying’ for a coffee. We didn’t locate one till 9:30ish. At that time we looked at our accumulated kms for the day and realized we were already at 70km so we had finished the ‘big’ climb. It was in three parts, first 600ft then 200ft and it finished off with another 200ft. I managed it quite well. Hooray.

The remainder of the day was still rolling. The Valley CRC had a water spot close to the end of the day. We came upon this sign welcoming us into the community of Chenango Forks. The young people created this sign and hung it on a silo so that we couldn’t miss it. The CRC is close to the Chenango Forks School. They had water, doughnuts, and chips for us. After a refreshing stop (and sufficient time to make sure the gear truck was almost unpacked) we headed over to the school. The guys still helped to unload the gear bags but I’ve decided not to lug any extra weight…biking is enough for now.
My tent is up, I’ve showered and then I went back into the school to plug my computer in and blog; wouldn’t you know it……I got an internet connection!!!!! So happy. The school is under some major construction and the tech guy set up an internet site for the contractors to use. So put a hard hat on me, I’m blogging!

We are being served supper by the Valley Christian Reformed church. They are serving us a locally known dish called spedie. This is a chicken dish that is marinated in garlic and lemon served on a kobab. Can't wait, I’m hungry.
They’re calling for a possibility of rain on Thursday and Friday. No sense worrying about it till it happens.

P.S. If my Mom is reading this, I promised that I would call her on Monday (2 days ago) and let her know if I was going to continue to with the tour. Guess what, Mom….I’m continuing! Pay phones are difficult to find and I still don’t have a calling card. So, sorry about that. I promise to call you when I’m home next Monday.

Time on the bike 5:10:42 Total of 125.3kms

Till tomorrow, Cynthia
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Anonymous said...

Good day Cynthia---you are in the home stretch. God Bless you and keep you in His embrace.

August 28, 2008 at 10:37 AM

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March Mega fundraising crop

March Mega fundraising crop
What do you get when you put together a roomful of scrapbooking vendors, and scrapbookers or card making enthustics? I call it a great way to raise $9,000! Thanks again to all the participants, vendors and volunteers that helped in the kitchen and everyone else who played a part in both of the scrapbooking weekends.