The ride today was uneventful. The farming in northern NY is a much smaller scale than the midwest states we rode through. There is some interesting architecture but we would not make much progress if I stopped to take pictures of them all.
We are not fans of riding in cities. Utica will NOT win any bicycle friendly awards. We went to a bike shop (for more tubes). The streets are in poor condition and lots of traffic with no thought for bicycle lanes. The bike shop was the most cluttered place you could imagine. It is a good thing we called ahead and told them the size of tube we needed. It took them a long time to figure out if they had them.
Twice today Ron was served more food than he could eat. We went to a large Italian steak house "Delmonico's". It was very busy and very good (& walking distance from our hotel).
It has been 11 days since our last day off in Labash, Indiana. Since then we have peddled over 750 miles. We both felt the need to sleep in and rest. We are taking a rest day tomorrow to prepare for the last week of riding. Eastern NY has some hills that we are out of the habit of climbing.
2 comments:
Of course you need a day off!! (glad you could take one)How's it feel to be starting your last week of riding? So Ron couldn't finish his meal--did he take a "doggy bag?" Blessings on your rest day.
It is something to think you are almost there!
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