Day 9 : Wed, May 30, 2012 - 8.79 mi [Cycling] Washington DC

Wed, May 30, 2012 - 8.79 mi [Cycling]
8.79 mi in 01:26:17 hours at 6.11 mi/h on Hire Hire. [Cycling] A stinking hot day in Washington DC - I spent the morning on a City Hire bike cycling around the memorials in and around the Washington Monument which was a lot harder than it should have been as they seem to have located the bike docking parks half a mile away from each of the tourist locations - It seems a bit crazy to me !

Day 8 : Tue, May 29, 2012 - 9.04 mi [Cycling] Washington DC

Tue, May 29, 2012 - 9.04 mi [Cycling]

9.04 mi in 01:25:03 hours at 6.38 mi/h on Trek .. [Cycling] Hired one of those City Bikes for an evening ride around the monuments in DC

Day 6 : Sun, May 27, 2012 - 7.78 mi [Cycling] Bowery to City Hall NY via the Brooklyn & Manhattan Bridges

Sun, May 27, 2012 - 7.78 mi [Cycling]
7.78 mi in 00:53:17 hours at 8.76 mi/h on Trek .. [Cycling] Cycled across the two bridges now I have sussed NY and just because they were there !
Twice up to City Hall as I had spotted one of the very few covered cycle racks in NY and decided that will be a good place to leave the bike for 3 days - I went twice as i forgot the lock key first time !!

Day 5 : Fri, May 25, 2012 - 116.34 mi [Cycling] Orient Point to Brooklyn

Fri, May 25, 2012 - 116.34 mi [Cycling]
116.34 mi in 09:21:24 hours at 12.43 mi/h on Trek .. [Cycling] They said it was impossible to cycle the length of Long Island into NY City.
Well I almost proved them wrong ... only light and my Garmin battery dying stopped me doing it - I did make a valiant attempt but downpours of rain and 2000 traffic lights in the last 20 miles which took 3 hrs to do about 15 scuppered me - the bike is parked up in Brooklyn and I'll ride it into the City tomorrow.
Long Island ride in a nutshell...
1st 40 miles Good cycling
2nd 40 miles HIDEOUS
3rd 40 miles HIDEOUS and snails pace

Day 5 : Fri, May 25, 2012 - 4.16 mi [Cycling] Groton to New London

Fri, May 25, 2012 - 4.16 mi [Cycling]
4.16 mi in 00:20:34 hours at 12.14 mi/h on Trek .. [Cycling] Cycle down to the Ferry Terminal in time to catch the 7am ferry to Long island

Day 4 : Thurs, May 24, 2012 - 93.81 mi [Cycling] New Bedford to Groton via Providence

Thurs, May 24, 2012 - 93.81 mi [Cycling]
93.81 mi in 07:27:07 hours at 12.59 mi/h on Trek .. [Cycling] Head down ride to get to Groton nearly 100 miles away not starting till noon due to missing an earlier ferry.
Probably the hottest day since I've been here & I got a little bit cooked today - starting to look like a panda again !!
I thought Rhode Island was flat - but I seem to have managed to find 400 feet to climb !!

Day 4 : Thu, May 24, 2012 - 2.02 mi [Cycling] Oak Bluffs

Thu, May 24, 2012 - 2.02 mi [Cycling]
2.02 mi in 00:14:27 hours at 8.39 mi/h on Trek .. [Cycling] Cycle around town taking photographs after breakfast whilst waiting for the 10:50 ferry to New Bedford.