Monday, August 25, 2008
Sea-to-Sea NA Day 53
Several people were yelling at me “Bill get in the left lane”, “Bill we are supposed to be in the left lane” as if I didn’t know. What I was trying to do was ride as close to the right as I could to get a decent photo of Niagara Falls as we crossed the Rainbow Bridge on our way to the USA. There were no cars behind me, so I took advantage of the space.
The boarder crossing had been clear sailing, we actually just rode our bikes right through the customs/immigration booth while the officers wave us through, all 200 riders. Before that we had a nice ride from the Brock monument along the river to the falls. After that we took the opportunity to view the falls from the American side, something I had never done.
We were advised to ride in groups through Niagara Falls NY and the regulars teamed up as if a natural phenomena; Rita and I, Anne, George, Dora, Joan and Andy. Soon others joined us and we had a long train as we exited the city. I had promised to ride at 24kph unless the wind changed to make it easier and this I did for the remainder of the ride -90km, stopping every 30km or less for a short break. Our numbers decreased at the rest stops, as some were not ready to leave yet when we pulled out. The roads were clean and smooth the wind at our side or even at our back as we twisted and turned through the NY countryside.
Tonight we are in an RV park and some of the folks here have joined us around a campfire (the first on the trip) with their musical instruments and we are having a kind of impromptu country hoedown.
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