Over a quarter of the way done! Yes, we have hit our first major milestone. I also feel like we hit a pretty good groove now. We made great time for the first three hours - which is the 3 mph goal speed - and we talked a bit more than usual the second half which helped the time pass better.
Another personal milestone for both of us passed today. We walked past our alma mater, Marist College, half way through the day. We actually skipped our usual first break three-hours in and instead continued a bit further to stop at the Quizno's where we spent many of our college dollars. It was nice having things around that we recognized all day from Wappingers Falls up past Hyde Park.
The stopping point today was most of the way through Staatsburg. Unlike all of our other stopping points, this one was, for all intensive purposes, in the middle of nowhere. There were no gas stations, stores, or even many houses within view. What made this worse was that we still hadn't heard from our host for the night and the number I had was not working. We eventually decided to call a cab to get back to Poughkeepsie. The first company we called, AAA, gave me the price for the trip then, after a pause, told me no cabs would be available for a few hours. Really? One of the biggest cab companies in the area has no cabs for hours. Or is it that no one wants to come out that far maybe? Jackasses.
We did get another company to send one out (at a better price I might add). The cabbie turned out to be really cool for us. I'll leave that to John to talk about.
Overall, the best parts of today for me were both that we made good time and that I'm not nearly as sore as I have been the other days. Hopefully this trend will continue.
This blog is brought to you by Brian, our host, and his girlfriend Jen, who likes the song "Party Like a Rockstar, and I'm okay with that.
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