NO MORE LAUNDRY !!

I am back tracking a couple of days. I have some good photos that are having trouble downloading, the story of my life.

Day 46 Liverpool-Little Falls, NY 79 miles This was quite a day, rode hard, I rode with Gene from Denver. We had a very interesting trip between the 2 rest stops. It5 was about 25 mi. between them and he had 3 flats along the way. If that is not bad enough, he had had 5 the day before. He keep his cool amazingly well, if it had been me I don't know.
Once we finally reached Little Falls, I walked down to one of the locks on the Erie Canal. It had one of the highest drops 40 ft. of any locks in the country. One of the other highlights of the day was going to the laundromat for the LAST time.

Day 47 Little Falls - Latham, NY 76 miles Not a lot of excitement today. We did ride on a paved path for about 17 miles which was really nice. It was nice to see how much the path was being used by other bikers. Had a few little climbs to test the leg and it felt fine the whole way.

Day 48 - Latham, NY - Brattleboro, VT 79 miles. Today was the 1st of our big climbing days. I was really looking forward to it with anticipation. I wanted to climb and also test the leg out to see if it was at full strength. Both held up to my expectations. It was so nice to climb and get away from the flats. Once again, the weather was beautiful, upper 70's. How we have been so lucky on the trip I do not know, but we must be doing something right. I wanted to take a lot of pictures in Vermont, but I remembered I already have some from last year.

TWO MORE DAYS and the adventure of a life time is over. I would have never imagined that I could do something like this 10 years ago. Now it is just about history. It went fast like anything else you would look forward to with anticipation for a long time. One of the best things about it being over other than seeing the family, is not more living out of a suitcase. GETTING HOME CAN NOT COME SOON ENOUGH.