Discovering America by Bicycle | PART 30: THE ERIE CANAL TRAIL: WEEDSPORT TO ROME

In this third chapter on the Erie Canal Trail, we ride into Syracuse, where we drop in on a music festival and spend a rainy rest day walking through the downtown, full of beautiful architecture and history. It was an old canal town, before the barge traffic was rerouted in the 1920s, and the canal once went right through the downtown area. The route going forward continued to be beautiful in every way, with the autumn colors becoming increasingly vibrant, until we reached Rome. We are spending our time crossing New York on this trail, as we want to ride through New England at the peak of fall if we can time it right. There are few places where Id rather take my time. This trail is incredible.