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80 Mile Ride- Take Two

Our second stab at an eighty mile ride showed much improvement upon the first.  Everyone survived.  Check.  Most of the team reported an enjoyable ride full of rolling hills, some rain and Pennsylvania countryside filled with horse bugies, cute cows and a black baby sheep.  This day proved to be a stepping stone towards climbing the rest of the mountains in the East.  The ride was filled with genorosity from the Pennsylvanians.  The team benefitted from homemade sweets, fresh strawberry ice cream and free barn animal petting from the local farmers.  We never realized just how beautiful the Pennsylvania countryside was.  Looking forward to a shorter 60 mile ride tomorrow to Gettysberg.