Hi friends, we are behind on blogging about this trip. Sometimes we forget that this is actually a vacation .... and the last few days were mostly that! Feeling happy and rested as we prepare to head out of Montreal. The Quality Inn in Hawkesbury was a couple of miles off of our route so … Continue reading Canada day 7 and 8: Hawkesbury to Montreal and rest day
Author: Lisa
Canada, Day 4: Westport to Ottawa
We started the day with a lovely breakfast overlooking the lake, and watching traffic heading up the steep hill on the other side that would take us out of town. Donna and Keith were incredibly gracious hosts and excellent cooks, with a fresh blueberry scone cake waiting for us followed by a made to order … Continue reading Canada, Day 4: Westport to Ottawa
Canada, day 2: Port Hope to Picton
Today we decided not to follow any Waterfont Trail signs and used Ride GPS instead for mapping out our route ...and had the kind of cycling that we were hoping for on this trip. It was a perfect late spring day with blue cloudless skies and lilacs blooming everywhere, and we rode on a mix … Continue reading Canada, day 2: Port Hope to Picton
Deadwood to Custer on the Mickelson Trail
Dan already wrote about our ride into Deadwood, though he glossed over the fact that we were watching big storm clouds and listening to distant thunder for most of the afternoon as we made our way out of Rochford. It was a beautiful ride through ranches and old mines for a while, and then we … Continue reading Deadwood to Custer on the Mickelson Trail
Day 6: Utica to Amsterdam NY
This was a great day of riding, nearly all on paved trails and we covered 66 miles in record time (at least for us) . We started the day in the Rosewood Bed and Breakfast and chatted with the other guests over coffee as we waited for warm bread pudding with blueberries, then loaded up … Continue reading Day 6: Utica to Amsterdam NY
Day 2 and 3: Medina to Palmyra to Waterloo – A flat, a fall, and a bike failure…and it was still terrific
So day two of our Empire State Trail trip started at the Bunkhaus Hostel where we did actually sleep in bunks, and it was in a great location, about half a mile from the canal bike path and a block from Main Street. We got up and made coffee and carried our bikes into the … Continue reading Day 2 and 3: Medina to Palmyra to Waterloo – A flat, a fall, and a bike failure…and it was still terrific
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