Most of the ride was done in PA. I didn't expect the route to take us out over such remote roads but we ended up riding for miles without seeing anything but dense vegetation on both sides. We spent most of the second day climbing more long steep hills, and then we were going over mountains. Afterwards, it was farm country right down to MD.

My gearing was 46x15 all the way. Even with that, climbing was tough sometimes. And going down the steeper hills could easily get scary. There were so many, and the road conditions weren't always very good...it can make you feel paranoid as you descend. I was hitting 35 mph, and that was still with resistance, fighting to maintain control of the spin on winding, curving pavement.

We almost ran out of supplies a couple times - props go out to the Mennonites and their roadside grocery stands. I was also yelled at by a local when he overheard me say something about there being so many general stores & gas stations in the area that look like they've been closed since the 40's. Who would have expected to be overheard? I was riding between two cornfields at the time.