Day 48: 20 July 2007
Liverpool, NY (522 ft) to Little Falls, NY (370 ft).
79 Miles.
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Day’s Theme:
Button Up!
Weather/Terrain:
The cold, wet, weather continued today – raining on us quite a bit. God showed His good grace though – we had a significant tail wind all day! Friendlier roads today, though one Glover boy still managed to flat twice. None for bike boy!! J Our roads were relatively quiet and largely along the Erie Canal.
How I’m/we’re feeling:
I am well, and glad to be back east. Finding good coffee is a struggle in the mid-west, and you would think with all those damn cows they would have milk for coffee – but no, in the mid-west they love that crappy powdered cancer-causing powder stuff. OK sorry – I agree that’s enough…………
Notable Events:
Erie Canal – hard to believe it was man made….
Rider Profile: Rick Olafson, 60, from Tuscan, AZ.
Rick, originally from Seattle, WA, now lives in Tuscan with his partner Sara. Rick has 2 grown children.
Rick has only been biking for about 5 years, and enjoys riding with his friends. He is a veteran of a couple 1 week bike tours, and only really thought about the cross-country thing for a bout a year – he was looking for something to keep him busy during his retirement transition. Rick is also a runner, and runs marathons!
Rick is an aerospace engineer, and still doing some consulting in that field. He has worked on missile systems integration and testing for many years, including AMRAMM and AIM-9X.
Rick says:
“Do things in the morning – that’s when the world is good.
Pictures:
What’s Happening:
Another cold and wet day for us, and we rode into Canastota and saw Greystone Castle.
Moments later, I noticed that our new rider, Paul, was mocking me with this shirt!
Slander I tell you!!
Actually, he has good taste, as does Harpoon IPA!
I tried to buy this shirt in 2001 before RAGBRAI – I must have one.
Our route today, and probably some of these towns, were all about the Erie Canal.
Along County 76, we passed through The Old Erie Canal State Park and caught this view of the canal.
This park has multi-use trails, including snowmobile!! :-)
At mile 33 along Mason Road, we came across the world’s smallest church in the middle of this little, pollen/algae coated pond.
This church seats two people and is non-denominational. It is open to the public upon request.
We continued through the rain and drizzle along Skinner Road.
On Halsey Road, there were orchards.
Just off River Road in Schuyler, was Lock 19.
Lock 19 lifts barges/boats 19 feet, and it is over 10 miles in either direction to the next lock.
Little Falls is a cute little town, created by this river.
There was a laundry mat just across the street, so many CCC Riders decided to clean their stinky, dirty clothes.
Robert is discussing the difference between French and Americanos washing machines here, simulation the agitating properties of the French design.
The Best Western in Little Falls put out some wine, beer, and appetizers for the CCC Riders today.
Of course, everyone was drinking…….
Closing Note: Information about 24 July, 2007
Many of you have asked about the arrival ceremony NEXT Tuesday in New Hampshire. Thanks for your interest and I encourage you all to come if possible – all of riders would love your support, and, as you have all meet these people through my journal, you can meet them too! These are all great people – I hope to see you there.
The best I can tell, the CCC Riders are gathering at noon 4 miles form the beach where the wheel dipping ceremony will be. From this “meet point”, we will have a police escort to the beach area – I suspect we will arrive about 12:30 PM Tuesday, 24 July. The beach where we will proceed to and perform our wheel dipping is:
Wallis Sands State Beach
Rye Harbor State Park
Route 1A
Rye, NH
Bring Harpoon IPA…………………
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