Waking up in the familiar bed at my parent's house was kind of surreal, considering that I didn't know where I would be sleeping tonight. Oh well, I'm slowly getting more comfortable with not knowing where or how the day will end.
I left my parent's house and biked back south to the canal path. It was cool but sunny, a great day to ride! I really like the Rochester to Buffalo section of the Erie canal, the trail seems to be the best and the little "port" towns that come up every 10 miles or so are great little rest stops. I saw a bunch of land marks like the road that goes under the canal near Medina that made me think my first cycling tour with Cliff and Lyman when we cycled the entire Erie canal 2 years ago.
Right past Spencerport I saw an old man on the trail walking 2 cats without a lease, they were just following next to him as he walked.
I ended up stopping to eat a faux-garbage plate at Jimmy Z's in Brockport, and texted the crew guys to ask if it was just a bad idea or the worst idea, but I dug in anyways, Brady needs calories!
I ended up finally rolling into Lockport at about 7pm and sat down on a bench next to the locks and tried to figure out where I would be sleeping. I looked on the ACA map and it mentioned free camping behind a drive-in. I called them up and inquired and the girl who answered sounded like it was a very odd question, but after she checked with someone told me it was fine. So I biked over to the drive-in which turned out to be a small grill / ice cream stand with a playground in the back. They told me to feel free to set up anywhere as they were closing for the night. As I set up my tent next to a slide, a family came over from down the street and the kids started playing on the playground, I'm sure they didn't think the guy with the tent was creepy or anything...
Start: Greece, NY
End: Lockport, NY
Distance: 66.74 miles
This has "Amber Alert" written all over it......
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