Several people have asked if I will continue the blog. I certainly intend on posting regularly, although not on a daily basis. You might have noticed from reading the posts that I was often extremely tired, maybe so tired that the posting made little or now sense. I often remembered an [...]

From the coast to the end of the trail - endless
Average speed - Not important
That massage yesterday at the Cliff House worked wonders. I figured that I might be just a bit too relaxed to bicycle, but that wasn’t really the case. I will be heading to the massage school in Albany when [...]

Sandown to Neddick - 45 miles
Average Speed - 13.1 mph
We headed downhill this morning, which was a nice change to the start of the day, although a short-lived change. We got onto Route 11 with nice wide shoulders hoping that the route would remain like this until Portsmouth. We need to be more [...]

Summit to Phillipston – 59 miles
Average Speed – 11.6 mph
We woke up to thunder and were shrouded by clouds. We waited the storm out and waited for the visibility to improve. I am sorry that I didn’t take the photo of the view last night, even though it was so hazy last night. [...]

Round Lake to North Adams – 51 miles
Average Speed – 12.2
Nothing has been harder than leaving home to finish this tour. I reluctantly set out this morning using a route that MapQuest spit out. Surprisingly, the route was very bicycle friendly and took us through nearby roads that we had not previously explored. [...]

Palatine Bridge to Round Lake - 56 miles
Average Speed -
The trains along the Mohawk ran very frequently last night. One of them had Mary Ellen as a passenger on its way to Buffalo. We left this morning a little later than usual and planned on having our second breakfast in Amsterdam. [...]

Oneida to Palatine Bridge - 66 miles
Average Speed - 9.7 mph
That 12 miles to New Hartford turned out to be closer to 20 miles, so we were happy that we had decided to stop in Oneida. There were several motels scattered along the way outside of Oneida.
Having Fun

We climbed again today, although [...]

Weedsport to Oneida - 61 miles
Average Speed - 10 mph
We probably got spoiled riding on the relatively flat surface of the canal path. Today, we were trying to get back to Albany as quickly as possible, so instead of continuing on the canal path to Rome, we opted to take Route 173, which makes [...]

Fairport to Weedsport - 58 miles
Average Speed - 11 mph
We reluctantly left The Turner Inn with Amanda directing us on our way. We took the cheater way out of the neighborhood and avoided a nice climb. We retraced our way back to the trail in Fairport, stopping at the bike shop to get [...]

Medina to Fairport - 63 miles
Average Speed - 10.5 mph
We left our motel early and had breakfast downtown at the 24-hour restaurant. We re-traced our path back to the Canal Trail and headed in an easterly direction toward Fairport. We stopped many times along the trail to read the signs or chat [...]