Day 44 - Niagara Falls to Rochester

103 miles and about 1,000 feet of climbing.

This was a pretty quick century for me, just over six hours for the 103 miles.

At about 87 miles, we stopped at Perri's Pizzaria for lunch.  They advertise a "HUGE" slice.  I guess it was so big, I was studying it, I had to figure out what to do with it, lol.

Riding along Lake Ontario was pretty cool, it looks just like an ocean to me.

At the end of the ride, we crossed the Eire Canal a couple of times:

Day 43 - Niagara Falls

From last night, they light up the falls:

I am a tourist today, here are some clips:

Observation deck, Rainbow Bridge:

Maid of the Mist Experience:

Bridal Vale Falls:

Horse Shoe Falls:

From and observation platform:

Niagara River:

Day 42 - Brantford, ON, CA to Niagara Fall, NY, USA

Good to be home back in the good old USA!

About 74 miles and less than 1,000 feet of climbing.  With some of the steep hills we tackled today, you would have thought we had climbed 5,000 feet; however, one of the climbs today, although somewhat short, was very steep.

A clip of down hill today:

Here are some clips of Niagara Falls as seen from the Canadian side, these are the US Falls:

Dave, Hugh, Evin and Satish:

The Horse Shoe Falls are on the Canadian side:

The bridge is the Rainbow Bridge, the bridge we took into the USA:

From the Queen Victoria Palace Restaurant, on the Canadian side:

On the Rainbow Bridge heading into the USA, waiting for Customs, we are supposed to be like a vehicle:

Welcome home to NY, in the USA:

Day 41 - London to Brantford

Just under 70 miles and just under 800 feet of climbing.  But it felt like we were climbing more.

From yesterday, welcome to Ontario:

Today at a fruit stand with Satish and Dave:

We saw this crop duster while we were riding.  They wanted us well past the crops before he would make this loop.

When the Canadian Government decided to make tobacco taxes so high, it basically put the farmers out of business.  The Government then helped the farmers get into the ginseng business.  This is what it looks like growing:

Today we rode on another hard packed dirt path.  There was also some gravel, but all in all, it was pretty easy.

Day 40 - Port Huron, MI, USA to London, Ontario, Canada

WHAA HOO, new country, EH.

Eighty six miles, about 700 feet of elevation gain.

Kind of a fun ride today.  Wind was certainly a factor, a major helping factor.

We began our ride today, immediately going over the Blue Water Bridge.  As a matter of fact, they closed the bride for us, that is the only safe way for us to get across.  Here are some clips:

There are two sets of finger joints on the bridge; the gaps are so big, we had to get off the bikes and walk them across the joints.  And some folks still got their bike tires caught in the joints:

During the ride, there was some construction and the leaders pulled us aside while we waited for them to figure out the rerouting.  Someone pointed out a pear tree:

We also had to wait for a train today, we waited for about a half hour and then they finally rerouted us.  This reroute added about 3 miles to our ride today.

Day 39 - Birch Run to Port Houron

Eighty nine miles today with about 800 feet of elevation gain.

The wind was our friend today, which was nice and really helped us finish the ride pretty quick.

Back to Tony's for dessert last night:

We saw one of their legendary BLT's; a pound of bacon on every sandwich:

In Millington, the water tower has a smiley face:

Here are a few clips from the Brown City Fire Department's 9-11 Memorial:

Another Great Lake, Lake Huron.  Tomorrow, we will go over the Blue Water Bridge which goes over St. Clair River into Canada.

Day 38 - Mt. Pleasant to Birch Run

About 75 miles and 200 feet of elevation gain.

A lot more farm land, nothing much going on to see that was special.  No video.  However, overall, I find the roads in Michigan to be in pretty good condition.

Ride was fairly easy, but not as easy as yesterday's ride.  The wind was helpful, but not as helpful as yesterday. 

Dave, who lives in Ann Arbor required that we go to Tony's for lunch because the portions are legendary.  Tony's is in Birch Run so it is at the end of the ride which was just perfect.  While I did not go for it, they put one pound of bacon on a BLT, wheh.

I went for the club sandwich.

 

The whole sand.

This is what was left, I could not eat the whole thing.