Tailwinds Past Florence by Doug Walsh

Author:Doug Walsh [Walsh, Doug]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Snoke Valley Books
Published: 2018-10-13T07:00:00+00:00

The terrain in New England proved unlike anything they had ridden thus far. The mountains didn’t reach as high as those out west, but the roads were steeper—and the hills came in bunches, unlike in Washington. Here, they were grinding their way through multiple ascents a day. The downhills were over in a blink, barely long enough to dry the sweat from their arms before their wheels tilted into the next climb.

Kara attacked the corduroy landscape with newfound energy. Crossing the border had her feeling like a thoroughbred at the quarter pole of the Kentucky Derby—knowing a white sand finish line lay less than a week away.

Nearly three months in the saddle had whipped her into shape, but their ride across Ontario left her exhausted. The quickened pace and excessive mileage was grueling, the time off in Montreal proving only a tease. Now, she couldn’t wait to park the bikes, to spend enough time in the same place so she wouldn’t have to wonder where the bathroom was if she got up to pee in the middle of the night.

She had read the warnings of other globe-trotting cyclists before they left—burnout was inevitable. It was important to take time off every few months. And that was her plan for Cape Cod. It wasn’t just a chance to return to where she summered with cousins as a child. It was an opportunity to have a proper vacation. As much as she enjoyed the awe with which strangers now viewed her, bicycle touring was a really tough way to see the world.

Kara tingled with excitement, thinking ahead to her two weeks on the Massachusetts coast with Edward, and rode each day harder than the last, chasing the respite over the horizon.

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