Midday diversion with another cycle tourist

September 2, 2018

The night wasn’t the best. Not marriotts’s problems, but maybe more due to the location, from about 10:30 until 2:00, random shouting and cheering in the street. Then (I guess the bars closed at 2:00am) people hit the streets and shouted, laughed, loudly conversed with their gangs in the street. That ended around 3:00am, when it changed to random people shouting obscenities and unintelligible conversation until 5:30am. Sunup at 6:30 so yeah, the night’s sleep was probably the worst ever on a bike tour.

Streets were quiet Sunday morning. But what’s with the stop lights? I think I went 3 miles before 8 had a single green light

I wind my way through farmland straight into a headwind. All day long. The wind was warm and humid forecast was rain and thundershowers by 2:00pm, so I figured I would see some rain.

Always sad to see businesses closed in rural areas.

Glad the road goes to the left of those mountains

The view most of the morning. I figured the internet could use a few more “cat” pictures

I arrived at the 1890 house (one of my planned stops) around 11:40. I asked the gentleman at the entrance if there was a place I could lock up my bike, and after he advised the best location, I walked in, paid my fare, and he and I chatted about tours and what he’s been on and what I’ve been on. Turns out he’s a hammocker, too. I enjoyed hearing about Benjamins’s exploits before the tour started. I also like visiting the local museums along the tour.

Interior of the entrance hall of the Wickwire home (1890 house)

Exterior. You can see the clouds forming to dump rain. But (spoiler alert) it stayed dry

I diverted from the main roads onto fall creek, then upper creek, then lower creek, as I made my way into Ithaca. Then, to the Wegmans grocery store for a sandwich, chips, and a chocolate milk. Making my way out to the bike rack, the chocolate milk lasted about 20 seconds. But, oh, was it amazingly good. I phoned the state park to get a hiker/biker site but there was no room a time the park. All I needed was two trees, but nothing at the state park. So, my stealth options were limited with only a bottle’s worth of water for the night and the morning. So I reached out to hotels.com and found a room in the middle of the town for <$100. With my sandwich and my chips and a shower in the room, I sat back to enter my journal and watch Indiana Jones 3 on the TV.

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Today's ride: 61 miles (98 km)
Total: 63 miles (101 km)

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