Underground Railroad 2023

Not much time for notes tonight, so this will be brief.  For much of the day we were pretty darned close to the lake.  Not nearly as many vineyards as there were yesterday.  Lots of houses that reminded me more of cottages in many places.  A few little towns too, and some water views.  A stretch of fresh pavement that's always a treat! Some small town  art. Oh look - Timmy's!  Must be close to Canada.  And - no line up at the drive through window. Makin' me feel at home.............. SAG stop was at Evangola State Park.  Cindi sweet-talked her way into having the groundskeeper let her park on his coveted grass. A few pics of "cottages", before putting the camera away out of the rain. We went through an area called Lake Erie Beach and it looked like a popular summer getaway location.  As we continued NE (closer to Buffalo), the homes got grander and grander.  At about 29 miles I saw a sign for a Frank Lloyd Wright property called Gra...

I was kind of sad to leave last night's hotel so soon; such a nice room!  There was a local reporter interviewing some of our gals out by the vans this morning when I got out.  Slow day for news in Erie PA!  Apparently there will be another reporter in Dunkirk NY tonight.  We're famous! Fewer turns today than any other ride so far!  A short bike path ride (less than 2 miles) and then on to SR 5 for the rest of the day. The road stayed close to Lake Erie all day, although there were usually houses whose property backed onto the lake so we generally weren't cycling right beside the water.  The houses were more modest than much of what we saw yesterday, but there were a few really nice ones.  Vineyards were abundant today.  Even Penn State has a presence here. Also saw cherry trees (I think).  A first for me on this trip. And just before  mile 20 we were into our next (and final) state - New York. At about mile 30 was the town/village of Ba...