On Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday the falls are illuminated with a light show. The photos above were taken last night (Sunday), probably before the light show but before my bed time.
By Sunday evening I had washed my bike (but not polished it or lubed the chain) and done my laundry so Monday is pretty free. -- Follow up on last night: (1) I did find a bottle of wine. (2) Dinner at Denny’s was surprisingly good. (3) I finally had towels when I came back from dinner. Today, the room was made up and I have towels by noon.
I didn’t get up until 8:00 this morning; me sleeping late is a rare event. Spent the first hour with USA Today at Starbucks, then had a bagel at another cafe and went to a movie about Niagara Falls. Yesterday I commented on Niagara Falls, N.Y and said it was sleazy. This was Brenda’s and my impression a couple of years ago; Rainbow Blvd was full on souvenir shops, casinos, old motels, pawn shops, etc. But there has been major renovation with new hotels, a convention center, pedestrian walkway – much, much improved, although most of the retail space with the convention center is vacant (except for Starbucks!).
I skipped lunch to go for a bike ride; it had to be 26 miles. It wasn’t the best ride (1) I went out downhill and with the wind – and had to crawl back. (2) A police officer came up behind me and with a very loud speaker system told met I couldn’t ride on the road I was on. (3) I discovered my back tire is completely worn out. BUT IT WAS A SIGNIFICANT RIDE BECAUSE I HAVE NOW RIDDEN 100,000 MILES ON MY BICYCLES SINCE JAN 1990 (65% of this is since retiring in Jan 2000).
Day 43, 26 miles, 571 feet of climbing, 2.0 hrs.3,205 miles so far
7 days left, 654 miles left
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