We rode 102 miles along the Mohawk River today, past rolling fields and struggling towns. The weather remained ideal and the miles rolled by fast. Chad and I ate lunch at a sidewalk bar in Scotia, just outside of Schenectady and had dinner at a Moroccan restaurant in Troy. It was my first taste of…

Another day of perfect weather for a short 58 mile ride to Utica, New York. Our SAG was at Circle K. Nothing terribly strange was afoot, but I’m running out of time to use that title. Yesterday was a fine ride along the Erie Canal. We visited the small Erie canal museum and a restored…

Today was a great ride through beautiful countryside in perfect weather. We had milkshakes at our SAG and Chad and I had a very nice large late lunch together. We rode 86 miles past the Finger Lakes and the Erie Canal. Spending Fathers’ Day with my son was nearly perfect: the only thing which would…

Beautiful spring weather returned today as we rode 80 miles from Buffalo to Victor, New York, a suburb of Rochester. It was warm but not hot, sunny, and not humid. We had a tailwind most of the way. Flat tires also made a comeback, with 2 for me today. We’ve passed 3000 miles and have…

The last week of the trip is usually an easy cruise through flat upstate New York in the early summer. Today was 92 miles along Lake Erie with strawberry shortcake at the first SAG and ice cream at the second. Because of the Lake Effect, however, the weather on the eastern edge of Lake Erie…

Today was a rest day, so following Mick Jagger’s advice we went for another bike ride, this one a lovely 25 mile cruise through Presque Isle State Park. We saw Misery Bay, so named because of the suffering of the sailors stuck there during the winter of the War of 1812. There are several warships…

On Day 18 we crossed the Canadian River east of Tucumcari, New Mexico. Since then all the ground water and rain we’ve seen ultimately drains into the Mississippi. Today we finally crossed into land which drains into Lake Erie and the Atlantic Ocean rather than the Gulf of Mexico. We also crossed into state #11,…

When Stacy first saw Ohio she described it as “painfully green.” Our ride today took us through plenty of green, including the long bike path west of Youngstown shown above. It was 94 miles in cool weather with a strong crosswind which became a tailwind at the end. The skies were lowering all day and…

The weather today was forecast to be overcast with no real rain, in sharp contrast to yesterday. (Those of you paying close attention may be wondering what I’m talking about with rain yesterday. I apparently was so sleepy when I wrote yesterday’s blog that I deleted the part about the hours of heavy rain. Yesterday’s…

Our day started at 4:19 this morning when the fire alarm sounded in the hotel. Apparently someone burned the breakfast eggs in a major way. That was followed by a rider rebellion. Every morning a group of about 6 riders leaves at 7, with the rest of us leaving at 7:30. This is meant to…