Friday, October 2
What a day ! It rained every minute that I was riding my bike. I left the boat launch area outside of Brockport and headed east. I had a meeting with the Rochester Democrat and Chronical to discuss the trip. I met Leo in a gazebo in Spencerport. After the interview, I found myself downtown Spencerport totally wet, cold and super hungry. I sloshed down the rainy main street on my bike and spotted Texas BBQ. What a great score - people were staring as I removed most of my clothes and slung them over my booth. I stayed for an hour - ate soup, enjoyed a huge cup of tea and dried out a bit -except for my shoes !
Back on the road 1:30 ish. Somewhere in Greece, NY, I missed the turn to cross a bridge to the other side of the canal. I continued straight for at least another 2 miles as the path kept getting narrower and bumpier. I back-tracked and found the path again. At this point I was resigned to the fact that it was going to rain all day. Squish squish as the water poured out of my shoes ...
The Genesee Valley Park area is really beautiful. I look forward to rowing thru there in the future. I would love to row up to Corn Hill and have Tai food. But alas, must press on to Pittsford and a friends house. I finally reached Pittsford at 6:00 PM. Totally wet - my rain pants leaked, I had been drinking rain water off my jacket since I had dropped my water bottle somewhere ... I parked my cruiser in Soren and Collette's driveway. I showered, put on dry clothes and had a glass of red wine AAAAAHHHHHH. Collette asked me: "Free range roast beef and new potatoes with gravy OK ? " ah YAH
Needless to say, the day ended amazingly - thank you Collette and Soren !