St Catherines to Byron NEW YORK! NEW YORK

LAST MONDAY

Today, I rode with boys...guys, men, your choice...

Zinger, Jeff, Gresham, Stretch -Marc, skinny Matt from t-bay, must be the cold air that he survives in year round...we are going to try and work on that this last week on tour.

The border crossing : FLYING COLORs, we crossed rainbow bridge from Canada, into New York in record time... we just rode over the bridge through customs with out even having to show our passports. Ed put a lot of work into organizing an easy passage back into the states.

"According to Ed Witvoet, Sea to Sea tour manager, Monday’s border crossing at Rainbow Bridge in Niagara Falls, Ont., went flawlessly.
“The cyclists could just ride right through (customs and immigration), they didn’t have to stop at all or even show their passports,” he said. “It was just like riding over any ordinary bridge…

Touring around Niagra falls was fun, and easily done on bike. We just went up and down the paths, getting shots of the places we wanted and then moving on. " - from On the Way.

Heading back to the road we were to travel, we took two wrong turns, and then went back the way we came from... en route, we just boogied, even with a crosswind, the ride of over 125 k felt like 100. Which means... we are getting stronger and better at cycling. Or the ride wasn't actually that hard. Your pick.

SEA TO SEA ROUTE THIS WEEK
Week 9: Aug. 25-30, St. Catharines to Jersey CityTotal riding distance this week: 430 miles, 692 kmsDaily average: 72 mi, 115 kmLongest distance: 82 mi, 132 km on Friday, Dalton to SussexShortest distance: 58 mi, 93 km on Thursday, Binghamton to SultanMost climbing: 6,857 feet on Friday; most climbing on any day of the tour (including the Rockies!)Longest police escort: About 9 mi, 14 km on Saturday, beginning in Kearney to Liberty State Park and the tour’s completion.