Day 9

As I left Brockport, I got back on the Canalway Trail and met another cycle tourist.   Julia was touring from Cleveland to Boston, then NYC.   She recently graduated from the University of Arizona and has accepted a 2 year Peace Corp position in Indonesia teaching English.   It was nice to meet another touring cyclist and it made the miles go by quickly.   We rode 50 miles together until I got off the Canalway Trail at Palmyra and headed north toward Lake Erie, while she rode on toward Albany.

After yesterday’s problem with my rear wheel, I decided to ship some gear back home.   It lightened my load by 15 pounds.    The timing could not have been better, because as I headed north, it became hilly immediately and I found myself using the granny gear often.  It would have been very difficult had I not reduced the weight of the bike.

I ended the day in Wolcott and rode a distance of 89 miles.

 

                   Julia - heading to Boston & NYC, then to the Peace Corp

                  
                  A beautiful morning on the Canalway Trail

                
    It was constant hills in the afternoon.  I  climbed  at 5 mph and descended at 30!

 

  I stayed at Wolcott's finest hotel.  The room was $39!  Not much more than camping!