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 [...]

Phillipston MA to Sandown NH - 66 miles
Average Speed - 13 mph
Compared to yesterday, today’s ride was less demanding, but still full of obstacles like inattentive drivers, poor and non-existent shoulders, unmarked roads and intense heat and humidity. Once we passed through Fitchburg, the intensity of the hills decreased until we left Derry in [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

Niagara Falls to Medina – 56 miles
Average Speed – 11 mph
Today we are meeting two of our children and our friend, Mary Ellen, who are coming from Albany to ride back with us along the Erie Canal. We won’t meet them until early in the afternoon, so there was no hurry to leave the [...]

Dunnville to Niagara Falls – 46 miles
Average Speed – 10.2
We enjoyed an egg soufflé and other goodies on the porch of the Lalor Mansion in Dunnville. We asked if there would be more to come and were relieved to hear that we had the entire entrée in front of us.
The size of servings [...]

Port Burwell to Dunnville - 80 miles
Average Speed - 12.1 mph
Once again, we started way later than we should have, but at least it wasn’t as hot and humid as it was the past few days. We tried to take a shortcut through a detour, but that didn’t work out at all and delayed [...]