Day #9: Amsterdam to Little Falls (44 miles)

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 around 9am, when there was just a little drizzle:

Soon, it turned into a beautiful day...

We had brunch in Canajoharie, NY:

And saw several more locks:

And also... some more animals:

We stopped at the historic Herkimer homestead... I'll write more about that in a rest-day post on the history of the Erie canal. For now I'll just share a few dreamy videos of leaves which reminded me a bit of the recent Wim Wenders' film, Perfect Days...

And the snapshot: 44 miles in 5.5 hours of riding, starting at 9am and ending at 3:30pm: