It’s the end of the trail. We weren’t sure what we were in for today. Based on the map, it looked like we’d be dealing with a lot of urban riding and traffic. Our expectations were wrong, though. Getting out of Schenectady was very easy; we were able to pick the Canalway Trail back up […]

It was a good day. I slept pretty well, considering I was sleeping in a tent a couple thousand feet from an active rail line. We were packed up and rolling out by 9am and went to the Bridge Street Diner in St. Johnsville. The food was delicious and we met another couple that we […]

We made it through the night in the Ramada! Of course we did. After an excellent night’s sleep, our outlook on things was vastly improved. Funny how that happens. The only thing that sucked this morning was having to put everything back on the bikes since we were required to leave them in the unused […]

Today’s riding was 50/50. The trail was nice, with much of it tree-lined and shady. But first… Our first photo op was at Onondaga Lake which, fun fact, was designated a federal Superfund site in 1994! I read that clean up efforts have been going well. Next up was a park as we approached Syracuse […]

You know what I want, Tru by Hilton? Not laundry services, but a self-serve laundry room. I’ve been to two campgrounds in the last two days that had just wonderful self-serve laundry rooms, but here I am at a totally mid-rate hotel at the end of a rainy day and I’m still washing my clothes […]

I like my Rochester better. I cannot say that I had a lovely sleep in the tent, because I didn’t. I rolled around like a hot dog on a 7-11 warmer, cozy in my bag but achy in my body. Not that I was sleep deprived, but it might have been better. No fault of […]