Wet weather June 26

 We rode 37 miles today from Annapolis Royal to Kingston.  Sharon, Hope, and I took the road route, as opposed to the rail trail we had expected to use, as we heard that trail conditions were not good.  The road alternative was very nice, albeit damp.  We rode in and out of light rain and arrived in Kingston by 1 pm, in time for lunch at a very pleasant cafe.  As we were eating, the skies opened, and we watched a 45 minute downpour in which everyone else was riding. We were damp, but warm and well fed, while the others were soaked and chilled. Rain is predicted for the next two days, the final days of our trip.  We have generally had very good luck with weather on our trips, so on average we figure we are ok. But as John Senning says philosophically, “Sometimes you are the windshield, and sometimes you’re the bug.”

My only picture from today was of drying my shoe with a hairdryer.

Here’s our whole group, minus John G., showing off our trip shirts.