Erie Canal

Tom of the Window Box Guest House snaps our photo and we're off for Day 8 of this Erie Canal bike ride. It's poured all early morning, so we've got the gear on. But Luck is with us and we…

It's Day 7 and we take a break from the canal to visit Cooperstown and the Baseball Hall of Fame. We share our ambitions with new friends at a bar in Herkimer the night before. Their eyes roll, "you're gonna…

I had a great view of Kent's fall; it happened right in front of me. It rained on this Day 6 of our Erie Canal ride; we were mentally prepared and we have all the gear, but the experience is…

Day 5 is over; we pedaled 70 miles. We were motivated to get to Rome; hotels are spread out here in upstate New York. It takes all day to ride that distance. We were on the road at 8am with…

Weedsport, because all the good names were taken. No update after Day 3 because our B&B had never heard of the internet. We paid dearly for this only bunk in Fairport, a prosperous town along the canal. All we wanted…

Cool and breezy, today was a beautiful day in upstate NY. We blasted out of Niagara Falls this morning with a simple prayer to the wind gods — spare us! After yesterday's grinding ride from Buffalo north, today we enjoyed…