Across America North - day 43 rest day - Niagara Falls, NY
After two easy days, this rest day wasn't needed as much as the previous rest days were. Still, it was good to get off the saddle for a day. The big event, after sleeping past 5, was taking the Maid of the Mist ride right up to the falls. I thought of Odysseus and the sea monsters (Scylla and Charybdis, I think) as I tried to use my phone camera. LED viewfinders are really useless sometimes such as this. I just aimed it in the general direction and could have closed my eyes with no effect on the pictures.
Then I tended to an errand at a medical lab a mile or two from the hotel. It was a nice walk around Niagara Falls and the mission was accomplished.
Tomorrow begins with breakfast at 6:00 am and luggage loading at 7:00. As soon after that as I can manage, I'll be on my way to Rochester and a planned meeting of my sister-in-law who lives in Ithaca. She was in Denver visiting her sister a very short time ago and I just missed her.
After some fiddling, my Garmin bike computer seems to be working again. That's a relief. Now I can navigate with the peace of mind found in modern GPS wizardry. The Atlantic is becoming a more attainable goal now with only 700 miles to go. About 90 miles tomorrow to Rochester and another 90 to Syracuse and so on and I'll be there.
Ithaca is Gorges! Say hi to Eileen for me.
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