Why would I think otherwise?

Start:  Comfort Inn, Lockport, New York
End:  Holiday Inn Express, Victor, New York

Mileage:  70 miles or 75 miles (two different reports)
Weather:  Perfect weather.  Not too hot, clear, slight tail wind, beautiful blue skies

States Conquered:  Washington; Idaho; Montana; North Dakota; Minnesota; Iowa; Illinois; Indiana; Ohio; Pennsylvania; Ontario, Canada
State Being Conquered:  New York
States to be Conquered:  Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine

Particulars:  A report from Joe Thompson:  Today we rode about 75 Mi from Lockport NY to Rochester, NY paralleling and sometimes riding along the footpath that follows the Erie Canal. We did not see any commerce on the canal, but there are many recreational users, mostly fishing, boating and riding and walking on the path that runs adjacent to the canal along most of it's length. The weather today is severe clear, about 80 comfortable degrees and negligible wind; perfect.

In Medina, Joe and Kelly observed this "Devil Dog" attacking the Baptist Church.

Once we settled into our hotel in Victor, New York, Lowell, Hannah, Mike and I headed out to dinner and then on to Manchester Township where we would see the Hill Cumorah Pageant.  We arrived two hours before the start of the Pageant and most of the seats were already "reserved".  Many of the cast members were milling about in the audience talking to the people and sharing information about the show.

Since we had two hours, I took Hannah into the Visitors Center and we watched the movie "Joseph Smith--Prophet of the Restoration".  It is a wonderful movie!  I think I enjoyed it more than the actual pageant as we had two crying babies sitting next to us and the parents decided not to remove them from the audience.  Crying babies and the megaphones of the "anti's" made it quite an interesting evening.

I have thought about signing up to participate in this production with Hannah, but I think I changed my mind.  The cast was VERY LARGE!  Have I not made myself clear enough about my love of crowds?

Interesting People Along the Way:  Two times today I had an experience where my initial reaction was a negative reaction.  While waiting for a red light to change in Lockport, New York, a car pulled up next to me and the woman int he passenger seat motioned for me to roll down my window.  Had I left the door open on the trailer again?  Was something wrong with my lights?  No warning here.  She welcomed us to the area and asked if we had been to the Falls.

When Hannah and I arrived in Rochester, we stopped at Meridian Centre Park and unloaded the bikes so that we could bike along the Erie Canal and meet the men along the way.  The park was part of a business park and the parking was around the office buildings.  Just as we had unloaded the bikes, a car stopped.  Shoot, were we not allowed to park in this area?  Well, once again my initial reaction was wrong!  He noticed that we were from Utah and he asked if we were headed to the pageant.

We can honestly say that people have been VERY NICE!