After riding very hard yesterday, I decided to take a rolling rest day of 118 miles. I rode with Scott all day and we were the caboose of the group. But the weather was warm and sunny and with only a few large hills to climb. It was a good day to save energy as tomorrow will be the hardest day of the last two weeks as we climb the hills in the Green Mountain area. I have been very happy with the gears I have on my bike. I was worried that I would not have a low enough gear to climb the mountains, but it working quite well for me. Before the trip I had a standard front chain rings of 53 teeth on the outer chain ring and 39 on the inner. I replaced this with a compact crank that has 50 teeth on the outer and 34 on the inner. For my back gears (cassette), I had 10 gears ranging from 12 teeth on the smallest to 30 on the largest. I changed my cassette to one that had: 11, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 25, 28, and 32. So, using the small 34 teeth chain ring on the front and using the 32 teeth gear in the back, I have been able to climb every hill I've encountered on the trip. And I assume that I will be able to master the Vermont and New Hampshire mountains as well. With only 2 days remaining on my cross country trip, there are 2 very hard days remaining!