May 28 - Rochester to Lockport

 I'm not going to lie - this was the worst day of the trip so far.  

We rode the Erie canal trail for about 50 miles today and it was about 45 degrees and raining hard the whole time.  We had a bit of a tail wind, but even with that, it was a super difficult day.  We did stop for a nice breakfast for lunch -type meal at one of the 'port' towns - I don't recall which one. But we had a nice meal and warmed up.  But the weather greeted us with bitter cold and heavy rain.  We eventually decided to get off the trail because it had become soggy and heavy to pedal.  It cost us another 5-6 miles added on to the trip to take paved roads, which was quite painful during an already miserable day.  But we made it to our Lockport hotel.

When we arrived, we had to clean all our rain gear and set it out to dry.  And the next day, we had to clean our chains, cassettes and lubricate.  I have one picture from the day and it's our messing room. 

To top the day off, I found that I accidentally left a pair of Chamois riding shorts, a long sleeve wool shirt, underwear, a T-shirt and some riding shorts at the Rochester hotel.  I was probably a bit cranky from the whole experience, but my observation was that every person we encountered in Lockport was not very friendly (opposite our experiences in every other stop on this adventure).  I'll post my one pic of this day later.

Literally, this is the only picture I took that day!