Cycling the Underground Railroad

  DAY 10: LINDEN TO LIVINGSTON  The plan was to start cycling today at 8 am, except... it was 38 degrees.   So I pushed back the rollout time to 9:30, when the temp hit the mid-40s (which is still a bit on the nippy side for me, but one has to keep moving). It is difficult to imagine the freedom seekers of the Underground Railroad trying to make their way to the North, undetected, through the thick, swampy pine and hardwood forests in these hills.  It takes some mental stamina to ride these undulating roads on a modern bicycle during the daytime, but nothing compared to the courage and fortitude it took to escape slavery,  especially when you knew your chances were greater getting recaptured than actually making it. Rolling terrain with some steep hills was the order of the day. On the bright side (pun intended) of today's weather, the skies were clear and sunny.  The colors trying to make themselves known in this early Spring season seemed to "pop" to...