I have a very short time to get out our news so please excuse any
typos, etc.
First of all I need to extinguish those rumors that have been flying
around. No, Eric has NOT been voted off the island. We miss him
and are anxious to reunite especially since we have only ourselves
to blame when we get lost. We do sometimes feel that we are in a
very extended episode of "Survivor" but whenever a vote is taken we
each vote for ourselves to be booted off resulting in a tie and
we're all too stubborn to just leave!

We left Niagara Falls, U.S., and headed 25 miles out of town to
Lockport and the Erie Canalway Trail. This is a crushed limestone
trail that runs alongside the canal and we were on it for about 60
miles until we reached the town of Greece. It extends across New
York for over 500 miles from Buffalo to Albany. We saw the locks in
Lockport and for 60 miles saw no more which tells you just how flat
the terrain is. It travels through some lovely countryside and
little towns that could be movie sets such as Brockport and Medina.
Lunch was in Medina at Rudy's Diner which sported a menu worthy a NY
City restaurant. It took a long time to decide what to eat.

While Eric has described his own fall from the bike he has not
mentioned those of the rest of us maybe to keep you folks at home
less worried about us. Well, two of us have taken two spills and
everyone but Susie has had one. Today I took my second fall trying
to dodge cars parked in the grass followed by a steep uphill. The
good news is that panniers act like bumper pads and thankfully
protect our limbs quite well.

We cycled 87 miles and had very little elevation gain. We stayed in
Greece, NY, which is just down the road from Mexico, Corfu, Texas
and Egypt!