Notice.: Time - includes a short stops for traffic lights, a map´s study ..)
My bicycle was taken to the USA for FREE by British Airways. They took it like a second piece of luggage and it has to be disassembled in a box.
I would like to thank again to friends of mine Robert & Rosemary Steinbaum from NJ, who picked me up at JFK in NYC. I waited also at them for my bike that arrived a day later.
| Day | 1. |
| Date | 31.5.1999 |
| Mileage | 57 |
| Time | 5:00:30 |
| Average speed | 11 |
| Total mileage | 57 |
In the morning I am completing a bike - TREKKING FOX - HOT SHOT and at 12:30 I start from Upper Montclair,NJ to Camp Winnebago v Maine. I enter NEW YORK STATE after 23 miles. I found a good place to sleep by Hudson River at Mount Bear State Park but it was too early. So I kept going for an hour. Later I was very tired but I could not find a good place where to sleep. So I stopped on a lawn behind a preschool at a little village Peekskill,NY.
| Day | 2. |
| Date | 1.6.1999 |
| Mileage | 68 |
| Time | 6:17:17 |
| Average speed | 10 |
| Total mileage | 125 |
Around 1:45 a.m. I was woked up by a strong stream of light from cup's car. And suddenly I heard" Why are You here?" My answer that I am bicycling from NJ to ME was a little shock for him. He even did not check my ID but anyway he made me leave. By the time I picked my stuff another car arrives. I cycled around 5 more miles and stopped again.
This day I reached Torrington,CT
| Day | 3. |
| Date | 2.6.1999 |
| Mileage | 115 |
| Time | 8:01:14 |
| Average speed | 14 |
| Total mileage | 240 |
I found I have got a kick in the morning. I killed it but I was not successful to get it off. It is cloudy but nice to travel. This day I did my distance - record. I went about 30 miles in CT, across the whole MA and about 20 miles in VT. I stopped at a KOA camp close to Putney, VT.
| Day | 4. |
| Date | 3.6.1999 |
| Mileage | 102 |
| Time | 8:08:39 |
| Average speed | 12 |
| Total mileage | 342 |
The weather was similar to yesterday's one. I reached town Laconia,NH by the biggest lake in this state - Winnipesaukee. It was a strong wind so mosquitoes were not so bad. NH is a hilly state that is called "Granite State".
| Day | 5. |
| Date | 4.6.1999 |
| Mileage | 65 |
| Time | 5:50:14 |
| Average speed | 11 |
| Total mileage | 407 |
It is beautiful day. I passed Chocorura Lake. and entered to mountains recreation resort White Mountains I met first bikers here, some of them gave me good advice. On the summit of Mt. Washington is possible to get from Tuckerman Ravine, I broke my camp close to this place by a brook.
| Day | 6. |
| Date | 5.6.1999 |
| Mileage | 7 |
| Time | 00:37:55 |
| Average speed | 11 |
| Total mileage | 414 |
I reached mountains' resort Pinkham Notch in the morning. The willing person watched over my bike. I bought a map White Mountains for $5 here but it was not necessary. Trails are well marked. So I have not bought another anymore. I climbed Mt. Washington in sandal because I had no other shoes. People looked at me a little crazy but I was faster and easier walking than most of them.
| Day | 7. |
| Date | 6.6.1999 |
| Mileage | 86 |
| Time | 5:50:14 |
| Average speed | 13 |
| Total mileage | 500 |
After a week travelling I at least around 16:00 got to the Camp Winnebago. Last 20 minutes I had rain but it was not such bad so I could finish my first part of my journey around New England.