Saturday, August 23, 2014

Day 6, Niagara Falls, ON to Evangola SP in New York.  We are back in the US now, and will book over 70 miles today when we get back to camp.  We had to have breakfast at Tim Hortons, because you know, he was a famous hockey player or something.  I didn't think it was great, but it was compare to Dunkin Donuts so I guess that's par for that course.  We took the Rainbow bridge to get back into the country, and we knew there was a pedestrian/bike way to go, but none of the signs in Canada said anything about that, so silly us, we followed them, and ended up crossing with cars and busses.  They had quite a discussion in the booth at the other side about bikes and what to do, but finally let us through with one of the standard questions (how long were we in Canada)... And we didn't have to pay the 50 cent toll.  Sweet.

Viewing the Falls from the US side is also really awesome, and a different point of view besdes just being on the other side of them.  We got drenched before putting no our rain gear, but enjoyed the up close and personal view.
 
 
 
We then found a waterfront path that took us a long way towards our destination, with some nice lake proximity.  However, at one point, we were directed (with excellent signage) through a maze (yes, literally a maze) of ramps, corners, tunnels of fence, overpasses and more, and ended up crossing over the adjoining Interstate and then almost immediately crossing back.  Pretty wild, and I think I got it on video :-).  We had some urban riding in Buffalo, but it wasn't bad.  We finally ended up on roads again, and it wasn't bad riding and mostly polite drivers, but the wind was incredibly strong, it seemed, and changed directions a lot.  But we got into camp around 6:15 with no issues, and backtracked 1.5 miles to get dinner.  Nice sunset out the window came with that.  On to Presque Isle SP tomorrow, in PA.  We can't camp there, but will find somewhere nearby.  We hope.

We are in good shape, bodies and machines, no major issues.

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