Welcome to New Hampshire

I finished my ninth state today! I finished Vermont and rode into New Hampshire at Lyme this afternoon. From Lyme, I was heading mostly north--directly into a head wind--and I finished out the day in North Haverhill. I struggled some today, finishing with 71.4 miles at an average speed of 12.6 mph.

There was no "Welcome to New Hampshire" sign, so I had to be content with a state line marker on the bridge into New Hampshire. But before I started across the bridge, I did look back and noticed that there was a "Welcome to Vermont" sign coming off this bridge, unlike the one yesterday.

I did take a few pictures before leaving Vermont.

This old motorcycle was bolted to a rock just a few miles south of my starting point of Rochester.

Shortly after stopping for the picture of the motorcycle, something stung me on my forehead just above my left eye. I barely saw the unidentified insect coming toward me as I was cruising along at almost 20 mph at that point. It hit my forehead and simultaneously stung me. It burned for a while, but never swelled up or caused any really problem. It's still a little sore this evening. I never did figure out what it was.

In Bethel, there were some large trout "murals" on an old concrete retaining wall. I don't know if "murals" is the right word because they weren't painted directly on the concrete. Regardless, they were very colorful and I thought they were cool.

 
I rode over a covered bridge in Thetford Center (Vermont).

I rode across a second covered bridge between Lyme and Orford once in New Hampshire.

Tomorrow, I should finish New Hampshire and make it into Maine. I hope I don't have headwinds again and that I'm feeling a little more "with it" than I did today.

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