What incredible luck we continue to have. We are tonight staying at the home of Tom and Bernie Shuttleworth who, with their daughter Emily, live on Emily Street in Port Dover. We had never met the Shuttleworths before today. This is how it came to be. We rode into Dover today after 100 miles and 10 hours on a 90 degree day, very exhausted and unsure of where we would be staying. We spotted a group of runners warming up in front of a runners store, so decided to stop and ask for local information and directions. After the group heard about our trip, Bernie volunteered her backyard for our tents. So she rode her bike with us to her house where Tom and Emily met us along with their black lab Larry. We have had nice conversation with the Shuttleworths, who have graciously allowed us to set up our tents, use their pool, take showers, use the computer to post this blog, and generally make ourselves at home. In return, we bought them ice cream downtown! Doesn't seem like a fair trade, does it? The kindness of the Shuttleworths is so typical of the people we have met on this trip. In spite of all the negative news in the papers and on TV, we continue to be amazed, impressed, and heartened by how very nice people are wherever we go. Thank you Tom and Bernie!
We have been lucky also with the weather. Even though it has been hot the past 2 days, we have had tailwinds and good roads. Just a little rain fell on us last night as we slept in our tents. We have also found good towns along the way for eating and getting liquid refreshment. As you can imagine, we are really going through the water, orange juice, and Pepsi (except for Pat who doesn't trip soda).
The numbers: we have now cycled a total of 2834 miles in 39 days, about 72 miles a day. We have a little over 2 weeks left in our epic journey. We still have lots of exciting things ahead of us, including Niagara Falls tomorrow.
Bill Jenkins
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