Monday & Tuesday, June 26 & 27. We spent an extra day in Niagara because of the rain, which gave us a great chance to see some of the sights in and around town. In addition to the fabulous view of the falls from my hotel room, there's the Incline Railway (which I rode roughly 4 million times), the Journey Behind the Falls (pay no attention to the man behind the curtain), George Bernard Shaw's home--Niagara-on-the-Lake, Innskillin Winery, the home of the area's famous icewine, and the entertainment combo of an IMAX movie about the Falls' daredevils and an exhibit of some of the vessels these daredevils actually used. Did you know that the first person to go over the falls in a barrel was a woman? If that had been part of the history lesson, I may have paid more attention.
But the best was tonight's musical dinner show--Oh Canada, Eh? I picked up a brochure in the hotel, and talked Matthew into it. Dinner, combined with a two hour variety show of Canadian songs. Sung by a Mountie, a Frenchie, several cowboys, a passel of lumberjacks, a hockey player, Yukon Kitty and Anne of Green Gables. I even knew the words to a few of the songs--Far Away Places, Hair, Songbird, and the all-time favorite, The Hockey Song. This was just their regular show--they have special shows for the holidays and winter.
The rain has moved out of the area tonight, and so we'll cross back into the US again tomorrow, and push our way to Buffalo and beyond.
I can hardly believe that it's almost July! Seems like it was just May. We'll be in Cleveland in less than a week--looking forward to the Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame. More later.
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Wednesday: Did you see a few extra bikes on the road today? Maybe not out East, but here in Colorado, there were plenty.
Today (June 28) is "Bike-to-work" day, where the non-serious, recreational riders like me, get our bikes out , dust them off and ride to the office. (The serious riders were already riding to work and didn't need a special day!)
At my office it was a big success, with 22 of us brave soles challenging the busses, cars & trucks for a piece of the busy rush-hour roadway. Those 22 riders covered 218 miles (one-way).
It turns out that our event is local and not in sync with the National Bike-to-Work Week, which was May 15-19, but the sunshine at 6AM helped to make my ride more enjoyable and more safe.
More info:
http://www.drcog.org/btwd2006/
http://www.bikeleague.org/programs/bikemonth/
Bike to work, there is a novel idea. I looked at my routes from midtown to Vinings and they do not look good. However, I did finally find the route to Stone Mountain (from Midtown) so I am going to try half of that over the weekend.
Are you supposed to be going West? Where are the rules of camping, riding in the rain, enduring the elements. Instead we have a Haiku:
Donuts and hotels
A little riding between
Matt, want some more wine?
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