Schenectady

77.86 miles, 2329 feet. We said farewell to the Erie Canal and continued our journey northward. Our route today was USBR 9/Hwy 4. We followed both the Hudson River and the Champlain Canal off and on. We also rode through part of Saratoga National Historic Park. There were so many historic signs along the way that had we stopped at all of them it would have taken two days to get here.

For a large part of the morning, the route was quiet with little traffic. Then all of a sudden the traffic got heavy and sometimes rude. There were places where the shoulder was non existent or unridable due to debris or rough pavement. We had several steep climbs, but most were fairly gentle. The wildflowers were beautiful.

Tonight we are at Lake Bomoseen near Fair Haven, Vermont. We have our last rest day tomorrow and then four more days of riding and climbing to reach our final destination of Portland, Maine.Read more