{"id":675,"date":"2023-05-02T14:49:22","date_gmt":"2023-05-02T19:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mvermeulen.org\/gone2look4america\/?p=675"},"modified":"2023-06-19T13:36:39","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T18:36:39","slug":"dover-delaware-variety-pack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mvermeulen.org\/gone2look4america\/2023\/05\/02\/dover-delaware-variety-pack\/","title":{"rendered":"Dover, Delaware variety pack"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Today I added Dover as my second state capitol. Otherwise a not very difficult day with a variety of landscapes. Delaware is not a very big state, but still enough to spend two days cycling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Smyrna is 10 miles from Dover and after that I was heading north again in the direction of Philadelphia. The hotel checkout wasn’t until 11am, so this let me do a round trip day ride to the capitol, grab breakfast and then set off. It also meant I didn’t have to carry my 50+ pounds of gear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I debated wearing a jacket but quickly needed it as it was ~50F and then started to sprinkle lightly. The road to Dover was four lanes with a shoulder and enough traffic lights to keep starting and stopping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I took a photo or two before realizing I had the wrong building, but this was fixed in checking my map. Then back 10 miles to the hotel. It was nice riding without luggage for a change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After breakfast, I packed and set off. First 11 miles was more of the same busy highway but then set off to smaller roads along the Delaware River. It was a weird mixture of small shore communities and industrial installations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For example Port Penn including the post office above gave off the small shore community. Also Delaware City where I had lunch at a crab shack restaurant (but didn’t order the crab).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Leading to Delaware City was one of few climbs for the day – up the bridge. Not difficult though the cross wind blew me a bit. Not much of a shoulder but also not much traffic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This industrial area outside Delaware City was representative of some other landscapes. The last bit into Newcastle was also rather busy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the motel they asked if I worked at the refinery. I guess cyclists and refinery workers must look alike. They looked amused when I asked if the motel was owned or managed by a family named Patel (it wasn’t).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I lost about 5 miles on Strava here <\/a>and here<\/a> because the unit wasn’t turned on and also had a restart. So overall statistics: 51.95+5 miles, 4:39:37 elapsed time, average moving speed ~11.1mph and 3955 calories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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