| 8/09/05 Tuesday | Holley NY |
| 8/10/05 Wednesday | Palmyra NY |
| 8/11/05 Thursday | Fulton NY |
| 8/12/05 Friday | Boonville NY |
| 8/13/05 Saturday | Raquette Lake NY |
| 8/14/05 Sunday | Blue Ridge NY |
| 8/15/05 Monday | Middlebury VT |
For lunch we stopped at Jeanne's sister Josie's house in Rochester.
She fed us a lunch of hamburgers, hot dogs, potato salad, soda, and
ice cream for dessert!
Tonight we're camping in Dale and Nina's back yard in Palmyra NY.
They fed us a meal of hamburgers, hot dogs, 3 kinds of salad, beer, soda,
and brownies and ice cream for dessert. I could get used to this!
We're at the North Bay campground in Fulton NY. It's cook night again
for me and Brendan. There's a supermarket about a mile away. Before
shopping I visited a laundromat while Brendan went to the bike shop.
Tonight we're at Golden Beach campground, Racquette Lake NY.
My new Synergy rim is failing. One spoke has pulled out a section of rim,
similar to the failure on the Bontrager. It has only around 1200 miles
on it. I hope it makes it the last 400miles.
8/09/05 Tuesday, Holley NY
83 miles
Most of the riding today was on the Erie canal trail.
It has hard-packed gravel except the stretch leading to camp which was
tacherous loose gravel. Tomorrow most of us will probably opt for the
paved roads.
We're camping on the bank of the Erie Canal next to the drawbridge at Holley, NY.
We talked to a nice lady in a kayak named Chris, who paddled home, got her
car, and ferried 4 of us to her house for showers. The showers next to
the bathrooms by the dock are for boaters only - no "biker trash" allowed.
8/10/05 Wednesday, Palmyra NY
56 miles
We rode the canal trail most of the day again. The photos show the
sequence of a boat moving through a lock. The top two are looking upstream
and the bottom two looking downstream.
8/11/05 Thursday, Fulton NY
68 miles
After a group photo we left Dale and Nina's house about 8:00.
Dale rode with us on his recumbent the first 13 miles on his way to work.
8/12/05 Friday, Boonville NY
81 miles
We're staying at Brown Barn campground in Boonville, NY. On the ride
today my rear tire blew out the sidewall, similar to before but with a
different wheel and tire (Conti Top Touring 2000).
8/13/05 Saturday, Raquette Lake, NY
52 miles
I got a new tire in a combo flower/bike shop in Inlet. Don did our
clothes at a laundromat while I changed the tire. Thanks RonP for
the photo.
As we were waiting outside the grocery to "peeloff" to ferry food to
camp, we had a long conversation with "Bill" who is doing the Northern
Tier in stages, credit-card touring this year. He was eager to talk
to someone since he is traveling alone.
8/14/05 Sunday, Blue Ridge NY
56 miles
A thunderstorm hit camp just as the early risers were packing up their
tents. It rained most of the day. But the temperature was mild - much
better than hot and humid.
We saw a herd of bison just before our destination, Blue Ridge NY.
We're staying at the Blue Ridge Falls campground. We're in the middle of
the Adirondacks now.
8/15/05 Monday, Middlebury VT
45 miles
Before crossing the border into Vermont we stopped to see Fort Ticonderoga.
It's scary when you see your tour leader hop on a motorcycle!
Don, Maddy and Brendan chatting with the fare collector on the ferry
to Vermont.
Jeanne's sister Amy and Brad were nice enough to let us stay tonight at
their place near Middlebury, VT. We're camping in their apple orchard with
a grand view of the Green Mountains, which we climb tomorrow.