Thursday, July 17th: Liverpool, NY
We pedalled out to breakfast at Denny's, a mile or so away, this
morning at 0630, as the conti breakfast at the Super 8 was, to say the least, minimalist. Loading was at 0730, but Fred & I had dawdling intentions. We had arranged with Robin (another rider from 2002) that we might meet up somewhere along the day's ride, but he couldn't begin riding until at least midday, so we had time to kill.
I had arranged with Martha that I would be passing through
Waterloo at about 0845, so I had to pedal fairly hard for the first 21 miles to achieve that. Fred, after a flat, caught up a little later to chat with Martha and the Waterloo Police Chief at the office for an hour or so. Virtually all the other riders passed by while we were nattering.
SAG was only 10 miles further on, and we got there just as it started to rain heavily, so a group of us waited at the Nice 'n Easy Gas Station & Store for well over an hour for it to clear. It was only another 40 miles after SAG to the finish, so we pedalled on slowly, awaiting Robin's call. It didn't come until we were at a corner fast food place, only 4 miles from the end, so Robin waited at the motel for us to arrive. Following Route Rap etc, Robin took us out on a tour of Syracuse and to dinner at a biker (motor!) bar, which served excellent food, before we returned to see the coverage
on Versus of the third Mark Cavendish stage win at Le Tour.
Mileage today : 71
Cumulative : 3678
