Day 9:

Otter Creek to Sherando Lake

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Today we bought and mailed post cards which we paid 30 cents for 20 cent post card stamps and dropped them in a mailbox that will probably be picked up in a few days.

Troy owes the group $25 in penalties. Partly because he slammed into Todd warping his rear wheel. Now, Todd goes down the road rocking from left to right and up and down. (It's really not that bad, but I have to give him a bad time for this one) The penalty is $5 for running off the road and $10 for running into someone. It is not to cover the damages. Jody owes $5 for a brief loss of control of his bike resulting in one "off the road" penalty. We feel this is due to a minor case of the vapors. If he does not pay up, Therese gets to keep his letter jacket until the debt is paid.

We also rode 52 miles and climbed 4,440 feet.

Location	Begin	End	Elevation Gain	* Dead Animal Count	Distance	Energy Miles	Time
Otter Creek to Sherando Lake	MP 61	to MP 15	4,440 ft	5 snakes,	52 miles	64 E-Miles	7 hours
Totals				16 snakes, 6 mice, 1 crow, 2 moles, 1 skunk, 2 rabbit, 1 racoon, 1 frog, 1squirrell, 2 t-shirts