Concord, NH

First ride day. Had to wake up at 5 to be out before masses and road 8 miles--turned
to 12 when a few of us missed the turn--for a wheel dip in the Atlantic.
Then off 56 more miles to Concord, NH with almost constant rain in alternating
severities.  The rain jacket did a good job and it wasn't too cold so the weather
turned out to be rather refreshing.  I road majority of the time with three
guys--Wade, Jeremy, and Theo.  Stopped at a nice stream water fall, played a word
game called contact for 20 miles, and ate PB&J at the van.  I felt pretty good
as far as the riding went, road at an easy pace--average for the day 14mph--with
rolling hills.  We stayed at a Methodist church where I went to a youth service
said by a young female pastor--good music, prayer, and words for thought.  They
provided us with a pasta dinner--I had three plates full and a fourth before
bed.  Theo and I went into town looking for a library to get on a computer, but
it wasn't open on Sunday, so we took some pictures at the Capitol building instead.
Lots of bike cleaning was needed after the weather and I watched and learned as
Kristian, the B&B leader riding with us for a few days, and Nate, one of our route
leaders, did bike maintenance work for hours.  Lucky they're there.  Little tired
excited for the start of what's about to be a great summer.