July 12 Day 42 Hope 64 miles
Fast pedaling all day. We made a stop at Binford. The grocery store burned down almost a year ago. The owners didn't consider re-building. The lady who runs a little variety store explained that the loss of the grocery store can kill a little town. It's so inconvenient to have to drive 30 miles to the next town every time you need something that it's just easier to move to the next town. Binford raised money through donations to rebuild the store. There are posters asking for volunteers to help stock the new store ahead of its opening next week. I hope they thrive.
Orville is a realtor in Cooperstown. He started telling us about Cooperstown. When he learned that I was looking for a new tire, he went down the street to the bank to roust out the wife of a guy who does some bicycle repair work from his garage. The two of them went over to the garage to see if there was tire of appropriate size. Orville offered to show us the working model of a farm in their museum. When I admired the handsome brick courthouse, he wanted to show me the Masonic temple.
Camp at the Hope City Park next to the pool. Cold shower at the pool! What would happen if somebody tried to set up camp in an Alameda city park?