Today we woke up in a beautiful campground, comfy and dry, even in our smelly, moldy tent…it’s been well used this summer with a few too many mornings of packing it up wet. But we still love it! Anyway, the dry day didn’t stay for long. By 11am we smelled like wet dogs and were carrying an extra 10 pounds each of sopping clothing and bags…BUT (ORTLIEB plug here) our bags stayed dry - well the gear inside the bags!! Ortlieb panniers are the best and really are waterproof - unlike my $12 (Canadian dollar that is) rain jacket. Honestly, though, upstate New York is beautiful, particularly during fall. We saw many well kept farms as we peddled by as fast as we could to keep the blood moving to our toes, which spent most of the day near frozen. Not completely frozen, as we’re still a few degrees from freezing. Thank goodness. And most gracious of all, we have a warm, dry place to sleep at Maxwell Creek Farm, an awesome 2 acre CSA produce farm we contacted just two days ago and who were most generous to open their home to us. Thank you Kim, Marty, Jake, Ben and Connner!