July 7, 2016
By John Robinson Days 9 and 10 – #JourneytoWork Wednesday started out in picturesque Little Falls. It is beautiful in Little Falls when you leave the village along the path. You are rolling in between two rock formations for at least a mile. It is a very cool and soothing area to cycle through. It was a bittersweet day on Wednesday. We had beautiful weather and wonderful friends with us, but it’s the first day
July 6, 2016
By Laura Empie, Leah Giodano and Lisa Alexander New Bikes – Old Friends Our journey began on Wednesday, June 29th as we joined Doug and John during their first week of their bike ride from Buffalo to Albany. Laura, Leah and Lisa all returned for another year – but this time with new bicycles! We were so inspired by our incredible journey last year that we tossed away a borrowed bike, an old mountain bike
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,
