Day 39 Syracuse to Little Falls, NY, 78 miles

Here's a picture 0f the little falls in Little Falls. Little Falls is in the Mohawk Valley on the banks of the Erie Canal. There's a big lock here on the canal. It raises and lowers boats 40 feet. I walked down to the lock hoping to see it operate but had to settle for reading about it.

Roy crashed today. They took him to the hospital and his bike to the bike shop. He is supposed to be riding to the motel from where he went down but we haven't see him yet. If they let him go from the hospital, he must not be hurt too badly. Roy told me some weeks ago that he was going to ride every each of the tour.

The Knights Inn isn't too bad but on my side it is a little noisy. There's a busy railroad just across the street and a fast train goes by about every half hour. No whistle blowing because all the crossings have bridges. So it could be worse.

We have three more full days of riding. Tomorrow looks to be pretty easy but the next two are in Vermont and New Hampshire and will have a lot of climbing. The last day is only 18 miles when we finally hit the ocean. I'm going to try my best to heed Old Dick's maxim and "not do anything stupid". What great advice!

Here comes another train.