First full day on the Erie Canalway! I have been looking forward to this the whole trip. The Canalway it’s a 360 mile long bicycle trail that spans the entire state of New York so there will be traffic only when crossing roads or on those brief excursions into town or those free places where it diverts to the adjacent streets. Yay! The only thing that has me nervous it’s that 41% of this is unpaved “compacted stone dust”. It turns out that this surface is actually fine and not like gravel at all. There are few of the larger rocks you associate with gravel to bounce over, no sliding around, and it’s not too loud. It’s just a bit slower than actual pavement.

The main objective today was to visit my nice and stay over at her dorm room at the University of Rochester. Just a beautiful day following the Erie Canal.