This is Jason and I’ll be filling in for Ellen since she has limited internet capabilities while on the road. On Friday (5/1), Ellen and I rode to Shu Zhou. Shu Zhou is about 100 km to the west of Shanghai. The weather was hot, but the roads were relatively smooth. At 2 pm, we stopped for lunch at a hole in the wall restaurant. We had stir-fried green and mushrooms, spicy tofu, cold cucumbers with soy sauce and vinegar, and a beer. Everyone tends to stop and look at Ellen’s bike. Kids tend to look at the front and rear racks and comment “Yeah, this bike is good for kids, you can kit on the front and the back!” With a full belly of food, we left the restaurant and hit the road. It took us about 6 hours in total to get to Shu Zhou. We were going on average of 25 KMH (pretty good for a loaded touring bike), which should total up to 150 KMs, but there was a lot of stopping to check the map and getting lost due to road construction/detours. When we got to Shu Zhou, we ate a couple ice cream cones to celebrate.
