buffalo bound🦬
30 Ağustos 2022, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☀️ 77 °F
Day 0 Itinerary is in Chicago: Riding to the Amtrak station.
First wildlife sighting!
31 Ağustos 2022, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☀️ 73 °F
A buffalo in Buffalo! What do people from Buffalo call themselves anyway?
Just follow the signs
31 Ağustos 2022, Kanada ⋅ ☀️ 75 °F
Getting buzzed into Canada
Sunshine and rainbows
31 Ağustos 2022, Kanada ⋅ ⛅ 79 °F
(and lots and lots of wind)
Good night and good morning
1 Eylül 2022, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☀️ 63 °F
From the Great Lake Ontario
It's so small you can see all the way across to Toronto! (But it's ok, size doesn't matter)
Bike trip fries are the best fries
1 Eylül 2022, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☀️ 68 °F
Have you ever seen anything more beautiful
Eerie night on the Erie Canal
2 Eylül 2022, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☀️ 57 °F
But maybe it just felt that way cause we were camped illegally and I kept hearing Noises. I had a dream that we were mobbed by otters!
Cyclist's breakfast
2 Eylül 2022, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☀️ 57 °F
Raspberry walnut almond oatmeal and a white chocolate macadamia nut cookie
Not pictured: two more cookies
Erie Canal Trail
2 Eylül 2022, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ⛅ 81 °F
I hate to throw shade on this otherwise awesome trail....but this trail could really use some shade.
Only the essentials
3 Eylül 2022, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ⛅ 82 °F
A baguette and pickled asparagus juice. It's got electrolytes!
Finger Lakes
4 Eylül 2022, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ 🌧 64 °F
Whew! I struggled today. 58 miles of rolling hills. Andrew stayed with me the whole time despite my whining about my swollen wasp-stung leg and generally tired body. We had lunch at a vineyard onOkumaya devam et
It's gonna be a soggy day
5 Eylül 2022, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ 🌧 64 °F
But a dry hotel and a day off waiting for me at the end!
Also, "rain on tent" is literally one of my favorite calming white noise choices so I am really relishing these moments before getting out ofOkumaya devam et
Drenched
5 Eylül 2022, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ 🌧 68 °F
Yep, called it. We were downright dripping through most of our ride today. It would have been an easy straight-shot 25 miles from our campground to Ithaca today, but we figured, hey, let's go seeOkumaya devam et
Ithaca
6 Eylül 2022, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☁️ 64 °F
Our day off was also very wet. We visited Cornell, hoping to see their ornithology lab and botanic gardens, but the weather didn't co-operate. At least we got a nice view at the top of the super steepOkumaya devam et
Second breakfast
7 Eylül 2022, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☁️ 66 °F
First was a blueberry hotel waffle. I love the hobbit life
Harriet Tubman
7 Eylül 2022, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☁️ 68 °F
Harriet Tubman escaped slavery and purchased a home in Auburn, NY, which she shared with her parents, husband, and cared for others needing safety. She eventually purchased land attached to theOkumaya devam et
What kind of bird is this?
8 Eylül 2022, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ⛅ 68 °F
Have a beautiful now
9 Eylül 2022, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☀️ 81 °F
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 hisOkumaya devam et
Cobblestone Castle
10 Eylül 2022, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☀️ 72 °F
On our way up a mountain we came across "Cobblestone Castle," a delightful and imaginative playground/art installation/repurposed junk world among the trees. The artist, Mike, was there, a really niceOkumaya devam et
Only the essentials (pt. 2)
10 Eylül 2022, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☀️ 81 °F
Adirondacks ho!
11 Eylül 2022, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☁️ 61 °F
Folks, we have liftoff! We have climbed THOUSANDS of feet (literally) and are in the MOUNTAINS. Look at those trees! Smell that delicious alpiney oxygen! Is it better than regular oxygen? Yes!
WeOkumaya devam et
10 miles
12 Eylül 2022, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ⛅ 70 °F
Me: I don't gravel bike, especially on hills
New York: The hell you don't!
At least it was good practice, and we didn't run into any bears
First day off
13 Eylül 2022, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ 🌧 57 °F
First REAL day off, I mean, like we rode zero miles on our bikes, didn't even look at the things
...It rained most of the day. Typical
We made the best of it and went for a hike with the cheapOkumaya devam et
Fall is here
14 Eylül 2022, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ⛅ 66 °F
The best season
Soggy bottom
15 Eylül 2022, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ⛅ 64 °F
Lake Eaton stayed rainy as we left so we made and ate breakfast in the recycling center, like a couple hi-vis raccoons. It was literally the only shelter in the whole park besides the bathrooms.
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