Allllmosssst Theeerrre...

Whew! The halfway mark! That's me in the helmet and our friend Mike sans helmet and Rick's bike (with the cheeseburger bicycle bell) (that's his "carrot") at the

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halfway mark! I know I said that, but it's worth saying again! Actually, we were sort of ready to turn around about 2.5 miles before this point but Mike said it would give us (and by "us" he meant "him") a sense of accomplishment to actually reach the village of Kipton as long as we're on the Kipton Trail, and we're sooooooo cloooooooooooose nowwwww... *sigh*

You know what? He was right. (I'm such a whiner, but my behind was beginning to hurt... and this *was* only halfway...) It was so *completely* worth it. To ride on the Kipton Trail and not make it to Kipton, really... what's the point? And we would have missed out on a truly lovely village. We didn't stay (had nothing to do with the police officer parked at the intersection of the trail and road) but we did get a very good impression of the village. We all agreed that, given the opportunity, we would return. It's a lovely old town and there seems to be quite a bit of sprucing-up activity going on. Always a good sign! And it really was a beautiful day...