Friday the 16th of June Good news = It’s cool today and not raining. Bad news = Long ~30 mile day with some pretty bad hills on our way to Doulcon. The scenery has changed some more, as it’s wont to do on long trips, with the fields of grain turning more to pastures filled with cows, sheep, and some horses. We all kind of felt like we hit a wall about 2 hours into the ride. Riding every day, the hills, and the headwinds are starting to catch up to us, apparently. We had lunch at a memorial to the First US Division from a battle between the Argonne Forest and the Meuse River during World War I. Reading from the plaque on the monument: “The First Division A.E.F. attacked from the crest of the
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