July 30
Hi - library was
real close. I'm using a terminal with a
15 minute limit. From 4-5, I can have
an hour. I'll see what I can send right
now!
Monday, July
30 Niagara Falls, NY to Rochester,
NY 77 miles
Another perfect weather day for a bike
ride in the country. What a nice
rolling ride these 77 miles were today.
I got in at just after 1 PM. But
our luggage wasn't here. Something
unfortunate has happened to our dear luggage man, Larry. This morning when he was lifting and taking
care of luggage and some bikes that were in the truck, he accidentally pulled a
muscle in the back of his right leg. It
hurt him so much that he got sick and dizzy.
He was taken to the local hospital to have it checked out. So we don't know anything more at this time
and don't know when our luggage will arrive.
Those of us arriving at the Days Inn were just sitting around and
visiting and taking off in different directions to eat some lunch and find out
what is here in this city.
I went and had lunch and asked the waitress where the local public
library was. She gave me directions - a
very short 2 miles from the motel. Two
men eating in the booth next to ours over heard the conversation and as I was
leaving they said, "you won't want to go that way to the library. There is a BIG hill on that road." I and those leaving with me started to laugh
and told the men that if we could climb over the Cascade, the Rockies, and the
pimples we had on the roads from Niagara to here, we sure aren't afraid of that
so called "hill" up the road!
Then they had to know all about our trip and were stunned to find out we
have biked 3,000 miles already.
So I am here at
the library typing in my entry for today and sending it on to Paul for him to
publish to the web site.
This morning it was cloudy and very
overcast the whole time we were riding.
Only about the last two miles did the sun peek through. I have been so lucky not to have been in any
rain storms. The only really wet wet
day was back in South Dakota on a 10 miles stretch from Wall to Phillip. The only time I have had to put my rain gear
on. What a nice thing this has been on
this trip not to be in any lightening.
Oops, I forgot - I had ridden in the downpour coming down from the
mountain road near Tombstone, South Dakota.
Just can't complain about the rain.
So far, so good.
The phantom green bean produce truck was
out again today. On hwy 253 for 6 miles
there were green beans every few feet on the shoulder of the road. I think those beans were jumping off the
truck to avoid a certain death on the chopping blocks at a local cannery where
they were headed.
I didn't sleep very well last night. So I should go back to my motel room and
take a nap. It was pretty slow at the
wheel for the first 30 miles today, I kept yawning and knew I just didn't get
enough rest last night. I need to get plenty of sleep and rest this week as
Friday and Saturday will be lots of climbing in the Berkshire Mountains in
Eastern New York.
These six weeks
have gone so fast!! As I started out
this morning, I just can hardly believe we have just this week left. I'll be home a week from today! I still look forward to each and every
day. It is always an adventure of new
scenes and new challenges every time I get on my bike. I love it.
It has been wonderful - and it’s all going so fast to the
conclusion.