Day four. What a day

Got up early to beat the heat.  That was great but the GPS on my phone decided to give me one direction, tell me to proceed on that road and then promptly froze at the motel.  After a little over 6 miles and 2 really bad hills I figured it out. I had to turn off the phone completely and reset it t get it going again.  I had only lost about 4 miles.  It sent me down a couple wrong way streets getting turned around but finally on my way.   Oh them hills them hills.  As beautiful as it is I am beginning to really hate Pennsylvania.  Maybe in a car.   And I wish I could figure out why all the cross streets with red lights have to be at the bottom of a hill with a steep hill facing you. 

I had my bad crash today so that is out of the way.  I hit the proverbial road construction.  Cars way backed up with one Lane traffic and no edge to ride.   So bright me decided to take the sidewalk would have been fine but the driveways were deep.  I dropped down into it and then came back out, did ok on the first

One. The second one I had to swerve to miss a garbage can just as I was coming out of it and lost it.  Fell and skidded on them sidewalk.   Scraped and briused left knee and thumb.  Bent the brake as it fell had to just take it off and just went with back brakes only until I could re-route to a bike shop about 20 miles or so away. 

What a day.  Really missing my wife

Tonite. They warned me that the hills would be bad, that I would get lonely and want to quit after the first week.  

Well they were right.  If there were an airport close by I would be on the next flight out. Lol

I will spend the week end at Gettysburg.  Hoping that my son, Brett will be able to come visit me there.  

I forgot to mention yesterday that I did see Valley Forge,  the shuttle driver drove me thru    It is beautiful. but was on the wrong side of the river to explore by Nike. 

Happy trails.