A day on the road

Today was billed as an ordinary, point A to point B ride of about 65 miles, actually 69 miles because we had to detour around some bridge construction.  Here is some of what we encountered:

A beautifully restored old house along the road;

a used bike lot, where I

tried out a bike just like Shafi's,

and Ziva decided to switch to four wheels;

Deb's coffee shop, featuring chocolate almond pie, and two very cute kids.  I wanted to take a picture of the girl, whose t shirt read Live, Love, and Be Happy, and her little brother jumped into the scene;

Then we met a giant pig,

and I tried cow-tipping.

Our next encounter was an interesting sculpture,

which is some kind of farm equipment.

We learned a little history at the site of the Battle of Oriskeny.  You should look that up.

And as we came into the home stretch, about a half mile from Utica College, where we are very comfortably housed,  a giant ice cream cone loomed up!  Perfect timing!

To end the day, we had plenty of time and a good place for a little bike cleaning.