Have a beautiful now

Somehow on most of my bike trips I end up staying at some sort of community house at least once and it is always a delight. An acquaintance from long ago (and fellow bike tourer) hosted us at his beautiful artist/activist shared house in Syracuse and it was so wonderful. To sleep in a bed, to use a kitchen, to have a conversation over coffee on a lovely porch and admire the murals. We walked a block to the local Korean joint and impressed the owner with how much food we ordered (and finished).

Today we're back on the canal. It's undeniably great for turtle and heron watching, and seeing a lock in action was pretty cool, but I'm ready for the mountains aheadRead more