June 14, 2019
Day 51 Mystic, CT
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After a cold, wet and windy ride yesterday, today was especially nice. It was a little cool, but sunny and the wind was at our backs most of the day. We did have a few big hills to climb and used four on the floor once. We had a stop, then a turn right up a short steep grade. It was too much to tackle from a complete stop, so we just pushed up the hill and were on our way again.
Much of the route was on US 1, but we had no issues with traffic. The road wasn't very busy most of the way. We went through several nice Connecticut towns - Westbrook, Old Saybrook, all the Lymes, Waterford and New London. It has gotten noticeably less urban as we travel east of New Haven.
Since I'm doing this a day late, I don't remember where I took these pictures, but they are representative of the towns we enjoyed riding through.
One section of the ride that was not so enjoyable was crossing the Thames River on the I-95 bike trail coming into New London.
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In New London, we visited the Submarine Force Museum and toured the first US nuclear submarine, the Nautilus. From there, it was a short ride to Mystic and our AirBNB. It is an unusual place. I'll post some pictures tomorrow.
Today's ride: 49 miles (79 km)
Total: 1,971 miles (3,172 km)
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