Travel Reference
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Day 56—Racine to Milwaukee/Muskegon, Mich., 29.3 mi (2,981.9)
Day 57—Muskegon to Saugatuck, 28.0 mi, (3,009.9)
Day 58—Saugatuck to South Haven, 21.4 mi (3,031.3)
Day 59—South Haven to Kalamazoo, 43.1 mi (3,074.4)
Day 60—Kalamazoo to Howe, Ind., 52.5 mi (3,126.9)
Day 61—Howe to Montpelier, Ohio, 60.8 mi (3,187.7)
Day 62—Montpelier to Bowling Green, 70.6 mi (3,258.3)
Day 63—Bowling Green to Tiffin, 61.1 mi (3,319.4)
Day 64—Tiffin to Mansfield, 55.0 mi (3,374.4)
Day 65—Mansfield to Wooster, 39.8 mi. (3,414.2)
Day 66—Wooster to Bolivar, 43.1 mi (3,457.3)
Day 67—Bolivar to Newell, W. Va., 61.1 mi. (3,518.4)
Day 68—Newell to West Homestead, Pa., 54.7 mi. (3,573.1)
Day 69—West Homestead to Connellsville, 58 miles (3,631.1)
Day 70—Connellsville to Meyersdale, 55.6 mi. (3,686.7)
Day 71—Meyersdale to Cumberland, Md., 33.7 mi. (3,720.4)
Day 72—Cumberland to Hancock, 70 mi. (3,790.4)
Day 73—Hancock to Mifflintown, Pa., 91.9 mi (3,882.3)
Day 74—Mifflintown to Danville, 51.9 mi. (3,934.2)
Day 75—Danville to Hazleton, 40.2 mi. (3,974.4)
Day 76—Hazleton to Jonas, 39.7 mi. (4,014.1)
Day 77—Jonas to Netcong, N.J., 72.4 mi. (4,086.5)
Day 78—Netcong to Teaneck, 48.5 mi. (4,135)
Day 79—Teaneck to Greenwich Village, New York City, 17.2 mi (4,152.2)
The last leg of my bicycle journey was spurred by thoughts of home, of completing a task, of
being welcomed back. It was a brisk final chapter, both exciting and sad, as endings tend to
be.
So I wrote in 1993, and though I expected some similar feelings this time around,
when I arrived home on Saturday I experienced no such inner conflict.
It's true I've been reflecting on the impending end of my trip for a few weeks now,
and for a while I slowed my pace to accommodate my fear of reentry. But as I crossed
the Delaware River and left Pennsylvania behind, an eagerness for completion surged
over me. I sped through New Jersey (as far as I can tell, the nation's least bike-friendly
state), negotiating a zigzaggy route through suburbs that I shared with zillions of drivers
in a hurry and that took me, among other places, through downtown Paterson and past
