Days: 7
Location: Rochester, NY
Well, we made it through our first week, and now we're taking a well-earned day off at my Aunt and Uncle's place in Rochester, NY. Central New York has been beautiful, and surprisingly much more empty than we expected. Here's some highlights from the New York experience:
The Erie Canal
We've been following the Erie Canal ever since Albany. (Below: Rhiannon and I when we first crossed the canal!) We like this route because it is very flat.
Missy and Mike
At the end of day 5 we were about halfway between Albany and Syracuse, in a very rural area of central New York. We decided to camp by the side of the road, so we knocked on the door of the nearest house to ask for permission to camp on some nearby land.
That's how we met Missy and Mike, and their family, who to our delight invited us into their home and fed us dinner! They also let us camp in a shed in their yard (Above), and join them in their Memorial Day weekend bonfire. This was our first taste of rural America's incredible hospitality. Thank you, Missy and Mike!
Fort Stanwix
Unfortunately I was more interested in devouring my peanut-butter-and-nutela sandwich than in reading the placards, but apparently this fort was important during the American Revolution, or the French Indian War, or both. Anyways, nice place.
Christine's Family
We stayed the night with the family of a friend from MIT. They fed us steak! This was the perfect thing after an 85-mile day. Yum yum.
Brigham Young's Hometown
Turns out Mormonism was born not in Utah, but right here in New York.
Gun Raffle: Are they raffling the tank?
We've been following the Erie Canal ever since Albany. (Below: Rhiannon and I when we first crossed the canal!) We like this route because it is very flat.
Missy and Mike
At the end of day 5 we were about halfway between Albany and Syracuse, in a very rural area of central New York. We decided to camp by the side of the road, so we knocked on the door of the nearest house to ask for permission to camp on some nearby land.
Fort Stanwix
Unfortunately I was more interested in devouring my peanut-butter-and-nutela sandwich than in reading the placards, but apparently this fort was important during the American Revolution, or the French Indian War, or both. Anyways, nice place.
Christine's Family
We stayed the night with the family of a friend from MIT. They fed us steak! This was the perfect thing after an 85-mile day. Yum yum.
Brigham Young's Hometown
Turns out Mormonism was born not in Utah, but right here in New York.
Gun Raffle: Are they raffling the tank?
Aunt Kitty and Uncle Sarge
It rained for the last two hours in to Rochester. The rain was actually quite refreshing, although it means we have to clean our bikes now!
Rhiannon continued on this morning. She's going to try going solo until her friend recovers. If you want you can follow her blog at http://bostontoseattle.wordpress.com. She's headed through Ohio and then on to Seattle.
Amelia and I are looking forward to a relaxing day off with Kitty and Sarge. First we're going to clean our clothes, dishes, tent, and bikes. And then we'll do a bit of sightseeing. After that, its onward to Canada!
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