Nice but tough ride today through the hills (again) from Westborough, Mass. to Grandby, Connecticut (56 miles). Had Lunch on the road at a table for one on the back of my bike. Saw a star bangled horse. And learned something new - that it was not the Civil War but "The War for the Preservation of the Union.". Unfortunately, the day ended at a motel with green shag carpeting which was more frightening than anything I have faced on the road.