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Anyone for Day 3 on the NY State trails?
Day 47 / Aug 22 / Cicero, NY to Herkimer, NY / 67.1 miles and 1, 356 feet / 68 degrees and mostly tailwind As we prepared for the ride, we looked over at the parking lot of Camping World and saw the flag waving to the east. It should be a good morning with
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Rain and Erie Canalway Trail – Take 2
Day 46 / Aug 21 / Rochester, NY to Cicero, NY / 96.5 miles and 1,916 feet / 60 degrees and rain We were back on the Erie Canalway Trail today for about 45 miles. That’s a lot of quicksand – especially when it is raining on and off. There also were places with standing
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New York and the Erie Canalway – take one
Day 45 / Aug 20 / Niagara Falls, ON to Rochester, NY / 88.3 miles and 1,460 feet / 68 degrees with a few showers Today we crossed Rainbow Bridge with a stop for a passport check at the border. Once through passport control, we entered NY and began our ride to Rochester. A chunk
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Niagara Falls?
Day 44 / Aug 19 / Rest Day We are enjoying our final rest day of this adventure. It’s been a lot of miles on the bicycle, and we were ready for a break. It is also raining today – so it’s a good day to not have to ride. As I referenced in yesterday’s
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Trans Canada Trail and Niagara Falls
Day 43 / Aug 18 / Tillsonburg, ON to Niagara Falls, ON / 91.3 miles and 1,753 feet / 78 degrees Sunday was our final day of riding before our last rest day. We rode for a bit on the Trans Canada Trail – it was crushed limestone and was one of the better unpaved
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Oh Canada!
Day 41 / Aug 16 / Shelby, MI to Chatham, Ontario / 58 miles and 300 feet / 80 degrees We were so glad to leave Eastern Michigan and its bad roads and aggressive drivers behind. Ontario needs to work on paving the shoulder of its roads, but at least the drivers were more courteous.
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More Michigan
Day 40 / Aug 15 / Owosso, MI to Shelby, MI / 77.4 miles and 1,662 feet / 81 degrees Our day started as the sun rose so that we could get off the road before afternoon traffic got bad…I’m not sure we were successful in that endeavor. Oh, and we also ate breakfast at
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Crossing Michigan
Day 39 / Aug 14 / Grand Rapids, MI to Owosso, MI / 88.4 miles and 2,600 feet / 84 degrees We rode on rolling roads for the first 25 miles today before joining the Fred Meier State Trail for almost all of the remainder of the day. We passed through a covered bridge in
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Lake Michigan
Day 38 / Aug 13 / Milwaukee, WI to Grand Rapids, MI w/ a ferry / 38.4 miles and 768 feet / 81 degrees Hi folks, sorry for the delay in this post. Yesterday was a crazy day with riding to the ferry, a 3-hour ferry and then 40 miles of riding to the hotel
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Madison to Milwaukee
Day 37 / Aug 12 / Madison, WI to Milwaukee, WI / 87.4 miles with 2,503 feet It was another pleasant day of riding in Wisconsin. We rode through several communities and by Silver Lake. Bill and I have camped and cycled near Silver Lake in the past so it was fun to ride past
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