Good evening sports fans!

Fourteen rashers of bacon, a large coffee and two diet cokes are the kind of good, nutritious breakfast a fella needs to be in optomal physical shape for… A morticians next customer. Yeah, I know. I’ll have a yogurt and a fruit cup tomorrow. Honest. With four pounds of sausage.  

So, after losing our two-day compadres last night, we set off northwesterly across ME and back into NH, through Freedom, North Conway and into Bartlett- to arrive at the Attitash Grand Summit Resort. Located trailside, about 500 yards from the base lodge on the Bear Peak end of the mountain, it’s a nice place, with a great staff that’s always helpful, pleasant and courteous- Not to mention great food,  in-house massage, hot tub… Swimmin’ pools… Movie stars…

After dinner, it was some lounging around outside on the lawn for some, washing bikes for others, a couple carbonated and fermented adult beverages, and, naturally, a raffle. Crazy weather has delayed our evening activities, not to mention decreasing demand for slush at the finish line, and we plan to get right back on schedule with both over the next few days. 

It’s now 10:30, and almost everyone is resting up for tomorrow- 109 miles in the saddle through Crawford’s Notch and two Mountain ranges, the White and the Green as they power their way into Montpelier, the State Capitol of Vermont. 

End of the day for me, that fuse fizzled hours ago and it’s an early start tomorrow- riders out on the road starting at 7:00. More soon. 

Keep the wind at your back and the downhills in front of you. 

GearMan