Day 5 - Syracuse to Rome - Tally Gals Bike Adventures

Day 5 - Syracuse to Rome - Tally Gals Bike Adventures - CycleBlaze

By Marcia Meale, Jane Fletcher & Meg Bates

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July 14, 2022

Day 5 - Syracuse to Rome

Day 5 - Great day riding! City Streets, new urban trail, the enlarged Erie Canal, historic interpretive exhibits, trail towns, more NY pizza, trail side shade, some climbing, boat traffic negotiating locks on the new Erie Canal.

Breakfast at the zoo, the flamingos made us feel right at home.

An urban trail helped us stay safe on our ride out of syracuse

Then the trail migrated to the median and ran between the traffic lanes. We even had stop lights designated for cyclists. Where the cycle path crossed turn lanes the ground was painted green a signal to motorists that the trail crossed there.

Along the trail. On this section of the trail there were several bridges you could take to other parks etc.

Butt break! 5th day of riding in a row, an average of 50 miles each day.

We took at side trail to the Green Lake state park to look at the glacial water. It was an incredible shade of turquoise or aquamarine.

An aqueduct with water in it let a stream cross under the canal.

Here you can see the water running under the aqueduct.

Along the trail, the water is pretty green in the old Erie Canal.

Our first rest stop was at Chittenango Landing where they would haul boats out into a dry dock for repair.

Replica canal boat with cutaways so you could see inside

We were lucky to have plenty of shade along parts of the canal.

PM rest stop on Lock 21 on the new Erie Canal. We saw three boats go through the lock.

Water rushing out of the lock so a boat down stream could enter

Once the water level equalized the doors opened

We made it to Rome, NY. Did you know that the residents are actually called Romans. Italian food last night for dinner….

Our home for the night outside Fort Stanwix in Rome NY (Yep, Marcia loves having her picture taken…)

The charging jumble! People not ready to disconnect.

Today's ride: 51 miles (82 km)
Total: 187 miles (301 km)

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