August 2, 2018
Day 78 Syracuse, NY
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We left the motel this morning as a large tour group was getting ready to hit the trail. They have a trailer to carry their luggage, so they didn't pack nearly as light as we have for this summer.
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We didn't see any tugs and barges at work on the canal today, but we did pass this. Kerry figures it's a canal maintenance facility.
Our first stop was in the town of Clyde. It had a very nice little town park where we stopped for a drink and a snack.
Much of today's route was on the road. There were a few steep hills we didn't particularly enjoy, but asphalt was a nice change from gravel. When we did get back on the Canalway trail, parts of it were much less developed than the trail we've ridden the past three days.
Ar Weedsport, we saw the remains of an aqueduct - a stone and wood structure built to carry the canal over a stream.
At Camillus, there is a fully restored aqueduct. Camillus is also the halfway point on the Erie Canal. We're about ten miles east of there tonight, so we're over halfway from Buffalo to Albany.
Today's ride: 59 miles (95 km)
Total: 3,584 miles (5,768 km)
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6 years ago
Your comment about Cortland apples reminds me of a question Jeanna has been wondering about. Do Rome apples take their name from Rome NY?
We could probably look it up online, but we've been hoping to run across someone who knows. Even virtually running across you would count ;-)
Alain
6 years ago
The story is given that in 1817 Joel Gillet (also spelled "Gillett" or "Gillette" by his descendants) found a seedling tree in a shipment from a nursery.[1] His son planted the tree on the banks of the Ohio River in Rome Township near Proctorville, Ohio where several years later it was found producing red fruit. His cousin, Horatio Nelson Gillett took cuttings and started a nursery to promote the apple. Originally known as 'Gillett's Seedling', it was renamed the 'Rome Beauty' in 1832 in honor of the township. The original tree survived into the 1850s until it was felled by erosion of the river bank.
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