It was shaping up to be a perfect day. Until a piece of metal broke.
It was shaping up to be a perfect day: sunny, warm enough for a sleeveless bike jersey, chocolate cake for breakfast… because why not?
Continue reading “Erie Canal bike ride: A crisis on our first day along the way from Buffalo to Medina”So much to see in Buffalo! Spend a day here before heading out on the Erie Canal trail.
We took a day at the start of this week-long bike ride along the Erie Canal to get a feel for Buffalo: the wealth from a century ago when industrialists were building their mansions along Delaware Avenue with the profits from their grain silos, from when the Pan-American Exhibition that showed off the promises of the new century was marred by a presidential assassination, and when Art Deco became the fashion.
Actually, there wasn’t enough time to see everything.
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Exploring by bicycle 