Thanks for your informative and amusing trip log. When I mention "lively," I really just mean that
every few miles or so, I want to pass through some towns with people in them. Wilderness is great
for me in small doses, but I get bored after about half-an-hour to 45 minutes of it.
I like the fact that there are diners, etc. And it's good to know that there are bathrooms along the
way. I've had one or two too many experiences like yours!
Thanks again!
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Low-Impact Rides in the NY/LI region www.geocities.com/NYRides "Brian Huntley"
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> > >>>Kinda pretty; kinda quaint.
> > Canal towpath is a slow senic ride.<<<<
> >
> > My problem is that, as much as I love the freedom and exhilaration of
being
> > out in the open air, I get a little impatient when my ride doesn't take
me
> > through some sort of town every once in a while. If I'm going to travel
for
> > a ride, I like to be able to interact with the locals wherever I go. On
the
> > Mohawk-Hudson, all I came in contact with were lots of grassy fields and rice paddies for mile
> > after mile. Beautiful, but a few miles of that
was
> > enough.
> >
> > Are there lively towns between Palmyra and Lockport? Places to eat?
Maybe
> > a place to stay in Lockport if I can't get over the border that same
day?
> >
>
> Lively? Well, Rochester's a little TOO lively for my taste. Once you're past there, it gets kind
> of subjective. Places with diners and B&Bs and such - yes. Nice looking little towns, in fact, and
> everyone I met in them seemed friendly enough. But I went from Rochester to Lockport in about 7
> hours, including several stops. I passed through Brockport, Albion, Medina, Middleport, and other
> places - you have to get up off the path and go over the bridge road in some of these places,
> which gives you a good excuse to go into town if you wish. Some have Rockwellian diners.
>
> Based on the relative size of Lockport, I'd imagine it has plenty of places to stay over in -
> Medina certainly did. There's a Best Western and a Comfort Inn, according to my notes. But I never
> planned to stay there, and went straight through, as I said.
>
> If you wish, read my condensed journal of that day here:
>
http://members.rogers.com/bphuntley/alo/alo_page_10.htm