The forecast for today was for showers followed by continuous rain after midday with strong winds developing in the afternoon. When we started to leave the motel it had already started to rain so we went back and put on the rain jackets. It was just as well we did because the weather gods decided to skip the showers bit and give us continuous heavy rain for the whole of the 112km to Old Forge. The village with restaurants after only 30km was too soon so we carried on, only to find that, thereafter, restaurants and cafes were either derelict or only open at weekends. That meant we had to do the whole stage on an egg McMuffin and coffee plus a couple of granola bars, and we had run out of Gatorade so to say we were hungry and thirsty when we arrived in Old Forge is a bit of an understatement. This situation has, in the meantime, been suitably rectified. Despite the rainy weather we had, we were lucky in the end because, five minutes after checking into the motel, the serious bit of the storm hit.
1 comment:
Wow I would have been so miserable with no food! Not to mention the biking 112 km part! Glad to hear the situation was remedied. Here's hoping for less rain tomorrow!
Katherine
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