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Day 6: Short and Sweet in Rochester

Today was our shortest day yet! We rode an easy 23 miles from Palmyra to Rochester, New York. A beautiful sunny day with a trail along the river made for a leisurely ride. The team remanist on a few months prior when 20 miles seemed like such a long and tiring ride. It is pretty amazing how strong the riders on our team have become, each day people get faster and more confident with their riding. Everyone is improving so rapidly and becoming more comfortable riding in unfamiliar places each day. Unfortunately, our rider event that was scheduled for today was unable to happen, however it gave the team the opportunity to walk around Rochester and rest. We all finished before 10 am which meant our “rest stop” was brunch. We managed to fit the whole team in the van for the first time and drove to a local diner. It was a great time bonding with the team. We are realizing that we are quite the spectacle everywhere we go in our matching shirts and grease stains. A group of us decided to do laundry today, another group went to go a repair bikes, and another group explored Rochester University. A restful and productive day was had by all!We would like to thank the church of the love faith for hosting us tonight and providing us a very nice space to camp out for the night. They even provided us food! The team has yet to eat pasta and lentils because all of our stay overs have been extremely generous *cheers* Back to a 70 mile day tomorrow.~Tailwinds~MandyFlat count: 1 -me :(Song of the day: Tied up right now -parcelsMemorable moment: The whole team jamming out in the Van to extremely loud music with more base than lyrics.