Friday, July 18th: Little Falls, NY
Following breakfast at Denny's again, we had a very pleasant day today, in terms of both the route and the weather, although the latter was far too humid for my northern European taste. Way better than getting rained on, though. Fred & I rode out with CJ, Don, Skip, John & Amy until SAG 1, at only 25 miles today, near the Erie Canal and the town of Oneida.
The route was mainly farmland and small towns again, crossing a few times back and forth across I90 as we mirrored its progress eastwards. Sideroads are, however, noticeably busier than they were all those weeks ago, now that we are edging towards the more heavily populated eastern USA. By and large, the surfaces are better, though.
SAG 2 was at 52 miles on the edge of the town of Whitesboro, next to SubWay (I resisted.). From
Whitesboro it was pretty much a 24-mile straight shot to the motel in Little Falls, but not without first going through a settlement by the name of Herkimer, where Fred spotted an independent ice-cream place of exactly the type I had been looking for for weeks. I learned on my last trip across that such small, owner-run outlets often outdo the DQs et al in terms of the quality of their shakes. And so it proved; I had a black raspberry - gorgeous. It is top of the pile so far, and, with only four days left, it's likely to stay there.
Just got into the room in time to find Versus and see Cav get stage #4!
Today's miles: 79
Cumulative : 3757
