Day 47 Little Falls NY to Latham NY

Today was a day of ups and downs, both figuratively and literally.  The day started with an infamous motel room flat tire.  The tire was fine when I went to bed, got ready to ride this AM and it was flat.  Changing the tire was troublesome, mostly trying to find why the tire went flat.  We were literally last riders to leave the hotel.  We then proceeded to go the wrong way and it was a very steep uphill (BPM 140).  By the time we got to the top of the hill we had figured out we went the wrong way and got to ride down the hill.  This added an extra peak to the 8 we already had on the route.
Much of today's ride was along a very scenic portion of the Erie canal

Riding along Erie Canal

When we weren't on a trail along the actual canal we were still near it  and seldom in rural farm country.  Some of the locks and dams are still used to promote recreational use of the canal.

Dam for controlling the water level and lock for letting traffic through

The canal may be flat, but, the banks are not.  I don't ever remember seeing a walk your bike sign because the trail is too steep.  Of Course I didn't walk my bike

I was careful to watch for other riders.  Beautiful view from the top of the hill.  All day we were fortunate to be riding on smooth roads and paved paths.

Jeff looking, back to front, Janel, Diane, Lynne, Crist
Time for dinner
Sam