2011-06-16 Nigara Falls Rest Day (0 miles)

My rest day started with waking up at 6:30 am, which is sleeping in for the usual routine.  So I took my bike down to the trailer and worked on cleaning it.  I had not been able to do that last rest day, so it really needed it!

I learned from Kathie about cleaning glass out of the tires.  The procedure is:  deflate the inner tube; look for small cuts in the tire; squeeze the cut which reveals tiny bits of glass; dig the glass out with a tiny flat head screw driver (or tweezers); fill the crack with a drop of super glue!  We were all shocked with what we found!!  Who knew??  It might save us from getting a flat!

Mary discovered her back wheel was cracked, so we had to find a bike shop that could fix it.

We loaded her bike on the Sag wagon, and tried to find the local shops.  After three places, we went to a big shop that was 15 minutes away.  No problem for them!  They had to take the entire back tire assembly off, which requires special tools.  We grabbed a quick lunch at a Panera, and they had finished it by the time we returned.


While at the bike shop, I saw this electrical bicycle rack:

In the afternoon Patty, Sue Lincoln and I walked over to the Falls, and took a ride on the Maid of the Mist.  It was a lot of fun being so close to the falls, but we all got very wet!  Although the rain coats they gave us covered our clothes, our shoes were drenched!  We did wear shoes that were meant to be wet, so it was not a problem.

We wandered through the gift shop, and went back to the hotel.

My last duty as Sag driver from the day before was to load up the coolers with ice, and restock the snacks.

Tomorrow we head out to Brockport, NY, 68 miles.  Weather looks good, with temps in the 60's.  Road is still rather flat, with small rolling hills.