Day 12 Sylvan Beach to Utica
Beautiful day today with a mixed bag of surfaces for the ride. Crossed over the canal at Lock 21 and continued into Rome, NY, where the work on the canal began and where it meets the Mohawk River.
Rome is also home to Ft. Stanwix, “the fort that never surrendered.” In 1777, the Brits thought they could defeat us by blocking the water sources. Of course we had wells inside.
The trail switched to more wooded with little animals scurrying around trying to commit suicide under my wheels.
I was rolling along pretty well until a few miles out of Utica when I encountered this.
Of course I go around it, until these big construction trucks started backing up towards me. So the ride into Utica took a few more miles. Google maps, bike view, comes through again. Total 38 miles today.
Relive video.
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