Day 7: Lock 18/Little Falls to Lock 10/Amsterdam

[rebeccmeister]

Moss Island and the pothole ponds and lock 17 the guillotine lock were all big time highlights. There is an alpaca wool store in Little Falls that we will definitely go back to.

It is always funny to be almost home, but not quite.

Amazing amount of (paved) slight downhill with a tailwind. Sunny and warmer; tomorrow’s supposed to get even warmer yet.

Comments

[bluepapercup]

You made it to Moss Island, YAY!!

[rebeccmeister]

I knew you'd be thrilled/amused! 100% worthwhile quest!

Also, just, wow. So much geology in such a small space. But really, so much geology across the state! I didn't know about the Niagara Escarpment! I didn't even know that the current canal is Erie Canal Iteration 3!

[bluepapercup]

One of the things that I find marvelous about traveling alongside the canal(either by car or bike) is that for about the western two-thirds of it you're staying in one geologic province, and crossing along time instead of back or forward through time. It's these flat-lying rocks which allow for topography amenable to a canal.

[threemeninaboat]

Aplaca!

[rebeccmeister]

They had alpaca argyle socks! Nearly impossible to find!

So now I've come home with THREE new pairs of socks.

Almost makes up for the bike shorts. Almost.