Today’s Miles: 62
Total: 1,416
Another day riding on the Erie Canal. It was again, a wonderful day of riding. If
you ever want to have a semi-easy 300 mile bike ride, the Erie Canal can be a
great plan. It is flat, beautiful and
there are many communities along the way that you would probably love to see up
close.
Talked with a few of the boaters going down the canal
today. There are quite a few people that
just spend the summer in their boat along the different places in the canal and
then winter the boats somewhere and return to their homes. The people I talked with love it. They just tie up to a dock and live there and
most places will only allow you to stay there for 14 days and they move to a
different town.
Past a couple more locks today. I think all along this canal, there are 38
locks that lift the boats. The water
runs toward Albany and I passed 33 and 32 today. They say all along the canal, the lift is 500
some feet that the boats are lifted.
Lock #33
I am having a quiet, lonely evening tonight. I split up with Tim and Nancy for the
night. They went into Rochester to stay
at a warmshowers host and I wanted to get a little closer to Palmyra to see the
sights there tomorrow, so I stayed on the canal and rode a little further. They
were more interested in seeing the architecture of Rochester. We will meet up tomorrow again.
Had a second breakfast/lunch at Tim Horton’s and ate a
burger tonight at Tom Wahl’s. It was a
great burger, but couldn’t eat the whole thing.
Still following the canal through Rochester.
Cool train bridges.
This is Pittsford, NY. My sweet daughter Morgan served in this town as a missionary. It was her first area.
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