Today was the perfect antidote to yesterday's battle with the wind... we had a short ride along the Saint Claire river and a cool day...

Ok, whose idea was it to ride East to West? Everyone knows the prevailing wind in the US and Canada blows from the West towards the...

Today was a long ride and the heat dome still hung over the province of Ontario, so we started as early as we could... It felt like we...

I should note that yesterday, June 20th at 4:50pm, was the Summer Solstice. This marks the longest day of the year, and the moment that...

On Wednesday night Mark and I had a great brisket dinner at Trev's and then we dropped Mark at his AirBnB. Then on Thursday, Trev made...

I was so worried about the heat today that I started riding at 6am... Mark opted for a later start... I figured out why I'm not losing...

We planned a short ride today because of the start of the heat wave, but luckily we got torrential rain for the first 2 hours, so we only...

Today we had a rest day in Niagara Falls and Mark's and my paths diverged: Mark rode up to Niagara-on-the-Lake... yes, that's a 30 mile...

Today was a bit of a crescendo: it was our last day on the Erie canal; it was our last day in New York State; it was our first day in...

Today was one of the prettiest rides on the Erie canal. It was wide and a deep blue color and for long stretches flowers grew along the...

The plan was for today to be quite a short ride. We ended up adding a few side adventures, so in the end it was 42 miles, but still...

This was supposed to be a 61 mile day, but Google maps led us on a trail that turned out to be a dead-end on a broken bridge, so we had...

We started the day with a lovely breakfast sandwich at The Shorebreak Cafe: We took a break from the Empire Trail and rode around the...

Gears and Chains (lesson #3) Here are the actual gears on my bike: There are 3 gears in the front attached to the crank and pedal. They...

New York State and the Erie Canal George Washington described New York State as the "seat of the empire," which may have led to its...

Little Falls is perched on the steep banks of both sides of the Mohawk river, almost like an Italian or Japanese mountainside town: Today...

At 7am it was pouring rain: So we decided to eat breakfast in Mark's room with hard boiled eggs from his wife's chickens, and headed off...

Today was a big day because I was meeting up with Mark Greenberg, who will be my riding buddy for the rest of the trip. I posted my...

It rained heavily during the night, but by morning it was clear again: First stop, McDonalds :-) Today's ride was pretty flat, along the...

The day was supposed to be rainy, but the sky was clear at dawn and I only felt one drop the whole day... The ride today was shorter,...