July 22, 2021
Syracuse to Utica
You ride the median out of Syracuse on the road that leads to Rome. Another great riding day. I met Connie and Ed from Colorado who were doing a tour across America. We rode together awhile, missing the turn outside of Rome together. Another signage issue, this one was dangerous. We ended up on a multilane road. We crossed the highway and road sidewalks, hopped curbs till we could get off the highway. Hopping curbs is not easy with a fully loaded bike. I stopped in Rome and checked out Fort Stanwyck.
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The Coloradoans rode on, looking for a campsite.
I pedaled to Utica and rode to the Fairfield Inn to see how many points it would take to spend the evening. My points were running low and I wanted to be conservative. I stayed in the Days Inn across the road for $104.
My brother-in-law is from Utica and he always talks up the Tomato Pie and the Chicken Riggies as the local dishes. I ended up in Tavolo for dinner and ordered the Chicken Riggie.
It was okay, basically chicken rigatoni in a spicy tomato sauce with some green pepper. Nothing I couldn’t make myself. Tomato Pie is a Sicilian pizza without mozzarella that the Uticans eat cold, go figure. 66.3 miles for the day my knees were achy. I iced them up using the plastic bag that lines the ice bucket.
Today's ride: 66 miles (106 km)
Total: 274 miles (441 km)
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