Friday 30 July 2010

Well we broke the sat nav over a 1000 miles ago and had been getting on ok with out it. That was untill we hit the big cities, D.C was the first task and wasn't too much of a problem untill we had to leave. Eventually we found our way out going the right way and tried to find a cheap motel. After about 10 miles and hearing passers by make comments like 'look at dem white boys' as well jumping out from the side walk to try and knock Luke off his bike we decided there was nothing going in our price range, so we decided to cycle through the night... We made it about 3 miles before stopping in a bar. After Lashing it up with some of the locals we set off again, 2 miles down the road we found there was about 5 motels in our price range that every one we asked swore blind didn't exist. As it was now 2am it seemed best that we just cracked on and headed for Baltimore a mere 20 miles down the road. It was in Baltimore that we succumb to fatigue (and beer) and decided to settle down on the nice comfy concrete behind a garage. Only an hour later and we were rudely awoken by a bin wagon and someone moving around in the garage so we gave up on sleep and headed into the centre of Baltimore. It turns out where we stopped was not a nice place! The whole of Baltimore was pretty messed up and the police were dressed up like they were patrolling a war zone. Luckilly my tyres held up and I didn't have to stop to fix punctures. Philladelphia was easy by comparison and it was 2 more days (and one more puncture) before we hit the Atlantic Ocean, at a place called Sandy Hook in the Bay just below New York. Here we dipped our bike tyres in the ocean an congratulated ourselves on a job well done...then we cheated a little. We caught a ferry accross the bay to Manhatten Island By this time we'd had some celebratory drinks which made finding our hostel somewhere in Brooklyn with no sat nav and the wrong kind of map that little bit more interesting. Thats pretty much it though. We left San Diego on the 21st of June and now 3300 miles, 40 days, 18 inner tubes, 5 tyres and 3 hangovers later our journey is complete. We've cycled coast to coast across the states! Thats all folks, thanks for following.

4 comments:

  1. Congratulations guys. You made it! you can be proud of yourselves. Go get some rest now and maybe enjoy a refreshing Manhattan in Manhattan.

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  2. Well done chaps! You have to be proud of yourselves as that is a fantastic achievement. Hope the legs and other bits aren't too sore. Enjoy your well earned holiday....we'll see you when you get back! Love and best wishes, Nick, Jo, Erin and Daisy. x x x x

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  3. Yeah to you both!! So happy for you guy and you both still in one piece:) ( no major injury)

    God bless,
    Sandy

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