Sept 28 day 17
Sept 28
Day 17
Binghamton NY
Start today was a little spartan, just instant coffee left in my pack from last years ride and 1 and half Twizzlers left over from yesterday. I hate it when the hotels overcharge due to local demand and underperform. Well I did get the coffee down and then eat the Twizzlers and managed to start out.
The ride was over some rather large mountains that took some time and power to climb up. Going down was much faster felt like we were going 15 then 40 then repeating that sequence. The ride was either on small back roads that were not busy or state highways with really good shoulders for the Amish in the area. I am starting to like having along the route as the roads are always better for riding on.
The later part of the ride we were beside the Chenango canal that connected the town of Binghamton to Utica was to connect the Scaquashana River to the Erie Canal. It operated for 40 years starting in 1836 and ran 97 miles. The route therefore passed through many small old Canal towns and past the old farms in the are when we were not in the wood or climbing mountains.
The scenery is becoming more fall like some trees have started to change and leaves are falling making some of the stops a little slick. The farms are often chopped up into smaller fields due to the hills and history of small farms. This makes it idea for the Amish to move into.
Counts
35 hay fields, 27 corn 13 soya fields
16 small roadside vegetable stands selling some combination of vegetables and pumpkins
24 trucks mostly in area of a factory
10 buggy signs, 9 deer signs, 7 schools bus signs, 7 motorcycle signs,4 bicycles signs
9 Trump signs 5 Harris signs
8 motorcycles
1 horse and buggy
4 horses
1 goat and a field of goats
3 herds of cattle
1 flock of sheep
1 goose in the middle of the road
5 churches
2 old falling down barn
3 school
4 spots selling camp fire wood
1 football field 2 baseball diamonds
2 lawnmowers 1 weed eater
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