IBTS14 9/24 Snowville to Meredith

We had no big climbs today but we had A LOT OF smaller climbs – about the same elevation gain as yesterday.  An incident early in the day could have been serious but was not.  At about mile 6, after a steep climb, Brenda and I stopped in a parking lot – of a school I think - to take off our jackets.  My jacket was off and I was standing in the parking lot, startling the bike, when a backing up motorist hit my rear wheel and both the bike and I hit the pavement.  Fortunately neither of us was seriously hurt. 

At mile 30 we found a great place for lunch, The Inn At Mill Falls.  No longer an inn, the 1850’s building is a restaurant and pub. I had Seafood and Mushroom Bisque and a BLT.  Both were very good and got us through the last 15 miles.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BRENDA’S BIOS

 

Kate Gordon

Kate has been on 7 BAC rides, so she is kind of a newbie, but a great addition to BAC. Her favorite BAC ride is Mallorca. She grew up on the east coast but has also lived in Alaska and Pennsylvania but now resides in Bend, OR. In addition to raising her son she spent her career as a librarian.

Kate has quite that adventurous spirit. Early on in her married life, her late husband decided to leave medical research and go into a neurology medical practice, in Alaska. He flew to Alaska and Kate and her son drove 5,000 miles to Alaska to join him. Collin was only 1 at the time; they also had 2 dogs. Then Kate planned a vacation in Australia for them. They flew to Australia with 2 bikes and a Burley trailer and planned to tour on the bikes in Queensland. They were horrified by the traffic so they put their gear in storage and chartered a sailboat. As a family they owned several sailboats including a 32 ft. sea-going boat. After her husband died 7 years ago Kate decided to sell the sailboat and returned to pursue her passion of bicycle touring.

An interesting fact is that one Halloween party Kate went disguised as Dr. Clifford Graves!

 

TODAY’S RIDE