July 5, 2016
By Doug Hamlin – Day 7 – The Longest Day with early inspiration. Today we had the privilege to ride with Nichole Hastings for the first seven of our 42 miles to Lock 20 in Utica. I met Nichole last summer when I spoke at the ADA 25th Anniversary celebration. Nichole was gracious enough to say that I inspired her to work toward joining Journey 2016. Well, today she inspired me. Nichole has cerebral palsy,
July 3, 2016
Day 6 of the Journey: Warners Rd. to Chittenango – 24 miles. Day 7, the day of rest… It was wonderful riding on Saturday with gorgeous sunny skies and cooler temps. We started out early with our usual crew plus Pam’s friends Sandy and Jeff Pine and Sharon Roegiers, our long time friend from Rochester. Scott McClurg led us through Syracuse again, which is very helpful navigating the streets and traffic. We have never gone
July 2, 2016
By John Robinson Day Five – Our biggest fans made a surprise visit at the ends in Camillus. Our friends from the Thomkins County ARC came out to join us. There were fifteen people who cheered and greeted us at the end. They made congratulations signs and placed them along the canal. What a great treat ton have surprise fans! It made the end of the 37+ miles journey very special. We started the day
July 1, 2016
By Priscilla Maddock – Day 4 of the Journey: Fairport to Clyde – 35 miles. Another glorious day – blue skies and sunshine and low humidity! Our lunch stop was in Newark and lunch was provided by the Wayne County ARC – a delicious box lunch – a very kind thing for them to do. We experienced a bit of everything on the trail today – some smooth pavement and beautiful views of the canal,
June 30, 2016
By Anthony Tassarotti Day three of the Journey Along the Erie Canal, Spencerport to Fairport, is in the books. Today was an easier day for the group, as we only did 27 miles on mostly paved trail. What slows us down, and beats up our bodies are the stone dust sections of the trail. Luckily, we have not had rain, so those stone dust paths are not muddy quagmires. Still, they are rough and don’t
June 29, 2016
By Pam Hamlin – Blogger and Doug’s Biggest Supporter As a guest blogger I chose to write about the section of the trail between Medina and Spencerport. It is absolutely one of my favorite sections to ride! I love riding with the original Canal to my right, the growing cornfields and picturesque wheat fields to my left, and talking to some of my favorite people as we ride our bikes in between. Today we left
