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The following is a transcription of a phone post that originally appeared in my main journal, here.

Good morning. It seems to be 6:57 and I'm in the first water stop: Whitinsville. Whitinsville is kind of the beginning of the Blackstone River Valley, which is America's oldest American manufacturing area, known for textiles in the colonial era.

And in a few minutes I'll be passing through Mendon, which is the site of Aerosmith's first gig, in 1970 at Nipmuck Regional High School.

Also last year at this stop I stopped and kind of was amazed at the number of people here who had been affected by cancer, just the sheer number of people. And this year it's kind of a little bit different, kinda looking at the sheer number of people who are doing something about it. So very encouraging.

The ride's going well. I started out in the lead group and continue to be in the lead group, averaging 19 miles per hour, which is pretty fast. So hopefully things will continue going well and I'll talk to you again shortly at the next water stop.