Bicycle Touring Blog
with Jeff B., Bill C., Mike Suding, and Steve Botts
Jeff won the sleeping-in contest after our night of beverage induced singing. This made it even harder for him to figure out how to get his iPhone working. His touch screen stopped responding. Luckily a quick call to Lissa on … Read the rest
Jeff was right… that fragrant white flower/bush is Sweetspire. My brother, the landscape architect, independently confirmed it. Thanks Phil.
A guy named Patrick and his dog Bailey marched through our camp on their way to go fishing at 6am. He … Read the rest
We fueled up at the Boulevard Diner in Whitesboro. Everyone we met said to make sure to see Viking ship today in Little Falls. When we arrived it was a chaotic frenzy in the parking lot. I don’t know how … Read the rest
The Erie canal song says Rome by 6 o’clock but for us it was 11 o’clock. We couldn’t find any good places to eat along our route out of Verona beach so we kept riding and riding until we hit … Read the rest
Blueberry pancakes helped start the day in Weedsport. We met a rider named Stan Smith who was headed to Texas. He warned us about the hassle of riding through Syracuse but we didn’t find it very bad. Routing was a … Read the rest
We were rudely awakened by rain and trains so we scurried under the porch at the camp store. For me, getting rained on is ok but starting in the rain is worse. It was even worse for the bridge construction … Read the rest
We said goodbye to Holley and Sam’s Diner and Save-a-lot and thanked the parks department for our nice campsite.
We met Dave, the bike shop guy in Brockport. He gave us the skinny on our next towns – spot on. … Read the rest
I got this title from the sign in our first small town: Gasport. We ate at “Sunrise Cafe – where friends and neighbors start their day”. The waitress was from New Jersey and she kept asking Bill if he knew … Read the rest
We got so sidetracked visiting Jay that we forgot to eat dinner. We were so hungry we foolishly stopped at the first restaurant we saw (ok it was my fault). At least I got to have Canadian bacon again.
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Our “red-eye” flight was pretty brutal as expected but we arrived on time in Albany. Putting the bikes back together was a bit tougher than I thought with no sleep but the hotel was nice enough to give us their … Read the rest
It’s been awhile – but we’re finally going bike camping again. This time it’s going to be me, Steve Botts, Jeff B., and Bill C. We’re biking on the Erie Canal from Buffalo, New York to Albany, New York starting … Read the rest