Niagara Falls

Hi  

We were originally scheduled for an 89 mile ride from Dunkirk NY to Batavia NY, which would have been fine with me.  But Floris couldn't pass up the opportunity to take a 30 mile detour to visit Niagara Falls.  With the benefit of map my ride and his trusty Garmin, Floris downloaded our route.   We rode along Lake Erie and into suburban Buffalo where we had our first introduction to Tim Horton donuts.  We followed a bike path through the Buffalo waterfront which is littered with abandoned factories and grain elevators.  The route we downloaded took us directly to a dead-end at a demolished bridge.  Being ever resourceful, we used excellent cyclocross technique to climb up to the on - ramp of I- 990 also known as the Buffalo Skyway bridge.

Luckily, because it was Sunday morning and there was not much traffic we made it into downtown, and we were back on route.  Buffalo has a decent network of bike paths along the canals, and we had an interesting ride through the city and headed toward the Niagara.  Pictures don't do it justice, but the falls are pretty amazing. 

It was a gorgeous day in upstate NY, 80 degrees and not a cloud in the sky,  a great day to see the falls.

Without a sag, we were up to our own devices for lunch.  This is what happens when we no longer have adult supervision for our food choices:

Tom

Day 29 Dunkirk NY - Niagara Falls - Batavia NY  121 miles

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