Day 42 – 🎶 New York State Of Mind 🎶

July 29, 2018

Day 42 – Brantford, Ontario, CA to Niagara Falls, NY, USA – 74 miles, 1,070 feet vertical (still flat, though a bit lumpy in parts.)

Cumulative totals to date:  3,121 miles traveled, with 101,960 feet of vertical climb and our eighth US state.

After three wonderful days of cycling in Ontario over beautiful rolling and lush farmland, we spent some quality time on the Canadian side of Niagara Falls before finally crossing the Rainbow Bridge and arriving back in New York.   

It was another easy-peasy day of cycling and we took full advantage of it in anticipation of our final rest day in Niagara Falls.  There were more crops, more wind turbines, more sunny miles and more funny smiles. 

Niagara Falls in Canada was pretty crowded, not the least of which was because we arrived on a sunny Sunday afternoon.  We did our best to elbow our way in to the edge (using our bicycles as both offensive and defensive weapons) so we could get our requisite photos by the falls.  After relaxing at an outdoor cafe for an hour or so, we bit the bullet and headed for the bridge.  

The bridge was packed, with wall-to-wall cars from Canada to the US.  We had been instructed to get in the car lane and “act like a car” – meaning wait your turn like everyone else.  This would have been considered cruel and unusual punishment and taken over an hour and so, when a bridge employee told us we could skinny our way up alongside the cars, we jumped on it.  After a few perfunctory questions at Immigration, we were through.  Elapsed time, about 20 minutes.  Thank you, Tiffany (perhaps not her real name.)

We are all just thrilled to have a day off tomorrow and multiple activity choices abound, but mine will start with not setting the alarm.  We resume our final leg on Tuesday with our final 100+ mile ride.  

Please enjoy our photos of the day and thank you so much for following along at Where’s Jeff at jeffblye.com. Please keep those cards and letters coming.  Really appreciated!  

… Jeff