Over The Top Tour Day 1 - Rehoboth Beach to Milford

 We are at Milford, Delaware, in the relatively decent Rodeway Inn. 

The room is spacious and recently updated, except for.the mold in the bathtub. It doesn't smell too much like cigarette smoke. There is coffee in the lobby. There are only 5 cars in the parking lot at 7:00 am.

But I saw a new one in sketchy motel behavior. When I checked in, the guy at the desk shuffled through a stack of room cards until he found one with my room number. He gave me the old one instead of burning me.a new one. This means that a previous guest in this room who kept their room card could come back any time and use it to enter the room.

Today was a short day and a long day. It was only 39 miles, but it took nearly 6 hours. This was because we had to ride into a strong headwind all day. No big deal for me on the recumbent, which offers very little wind resistance, but Jim is riding an upright touring bike, which has him in an upright position, and he is really held back by the wind. So I'm letting him set the pace, casually coasting along, barely working, heart rate under 90, while he is working very very hard. Recumbents are great.

The only interesting sight today was at the turn onto Holly Tree Road.

There is a holly tree on the corner. Go figure.

The scenery is farm fields rapidly being turned into housing developments. Which are still near plenty of chicken houses. I forsee conflict.

Lunch was gas station chicken at the Quick Stop in Milton. It was amazing. I swear you can't go wrong with gas station chicken on the Eastern Shore. Milton is the home of the Dogfish Head Brewery, which we did not visit, even though Dogfish is an old favorite.

Dinner was across the street at the Surf and Turf Lounge, in the Wal-Mart parking lot. It was really good, nice Bloody Marys to replenish electrolytes (not that I sweated today) and tasty steak.

Here is the Strava track: https://www.strava.com/activities/18365034548