TOUR DA ERIE CANAL. WESTERN NEW YORK. USA. ON OUR WAY LOCKPORT, NY;

We love the towns and villages we've been cycling through and to.

Crazy history that peaked over one hundred years ago.

Our boutique hotel on the third floor was beyond excellent.

Breakfast.

Our time to roll.

An old opera house, kitty corner, that now is home to a another boutique hotel.

The canal and the adjoining corridor was home to some of the new America's greatest industries at its peak.

I`m not sure if Pleasantville is pleasant, 

but I do know that Lockport has locks!

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After a fun night that included pizza and Lockport wings, we're off early next morning to try and beat some predicted heavy winds (obviously headwinds) and more importantly grab some tacos, mighty indeed, for the the trip home.

Just one more circle of bike life complete.

Perhaps not far from John Candy's 

"Trains, Planes and Automobiles",

today we'll,

"Bicycle, Truck and Motorboat"

by the time we're home.

 

TOUR DA ERIE CANAL. WESTERN NEW YORK. USA. ON OUR WAY TO MEDINA, NY.

Done the rising,

(and nice bed and breakfast),

now the shining.

Beautifully restored historic towns.

Some homesteads were dating back almost two hundred years.

I`m sure more than one boat we've seen pass us up in Bayfield Inlet has sailed down the Erie Canal.

It's part of a well known loop that connects  

the Atlantic Ocean, Great Lakes, Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mehico.

Wouldn't you know it that we were a little early for checkin. 

After some summer heat,  right across the street to our lovely little hotel was a.......................

go ahead and guess............

What's one to do?

(if you live in a cycling shoe.........)

 

TOUR DE ERIE CANAL. WESTERN NEW YORK. USA. ON OUR WAY TO BROCKPORT, NY

We're off to ride the historic Erie Canal Trail. We plan on cycling a portion of the approximately five hundred miles of once mule towpath that still today connects Albany, NY with Tonawanda NY.

With it being a rather linear route, we've hoped on the AMTRAC in Niagara Falls, NY and will unload and start riding back from Rochester, NY.

"All off-board"

The trail is extremely well supported with both modern services and plenty of historical references to it's storied past.

It didn't take us too long to figure we've happened upon

a few more cyclist than we thought would be the norm.

We're cycling "upstream" to upwards of seven hundred participants of the annual "Tour de Erie Canal".

An organized event that over the week will see the supported riders cover the whole distance after spending nights in various host towns.

And now for some complete randomness.

So we're cycling and passing on our hellos to the oncoming masses.

At a complete random town, at a complete random spot, we stop first to comment on the nature of the park, we see two random guys.

For whatever reason, we start randomly talking

AND WHO WOULD HAVE RANDOMLY THUNK IT,

the "MARYLAND" (Bethesda) guy is originally from Dunkirk, NY and knows Peter and PEG!!!!!, who is originally from.............Dunkirk,NY.

I think it was Mike?

Here who hope to balance out the charm and quaintness of our lovely Bed and Breakfast with some............

lets just say "Protein". (that sounds sporty)