Sunday we drove to Lockport with our bikes, parked at Upton Park, just east of the locks at Lockport, and started off on our bike adventure.
What a beautiful day it was for a bike ride. We had decided on Lockport to Gasport (listed at around 8 miles on our map) because it was our first time on this trail and we also got a late start -- around 3:30pm. The weather was just right, warm but not muggy, not too windy. The scenery was great -- the canal, the houses on both sides, some quite fancy, a few small boats & kayaks out on the water. There were other bikers out as well as runners, walkers, families with baby carriages, and a family (or herd) of Canada geese trying to claim the trail as belonging to them and their goslings.
It was an easy ride down the dirt/stone/sand trail with the wind in our faces going East. We figured that would give us a tail wind.
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