Day 1 started with us, my uncle and I, meeting Emmalee and her baby son Elliot
in the morning. It was great to exchange memories and see how their family had
grown and evolved since we last met back in 2012.
After organizing our bags, my uncle and I left almost everything at Emmmalee
and joey's place and rode with light bikes all the way to the Niaraga Falls.
It was about a 2 hours ride each way, more or 20 miles not counting little
detours we took.
The ride was mostly smooth with beautiful roads, friendly people along the way
and amazing bike paths which covered a good portion of the distance. We
stopped at a Subway for lunch (and again later for dinner). After eating, we
realized my uncle's tire was not properly placed and was pinching the tube a
bit. He fixed it, but that unfortunately resulted in the tube getting
punctured and the tire going flat. That was our tube, so I found a bicycle
shop 4.2 miles away and decided to and buy some more spare tubes while my
uncle waited at the Subway.
After that it was smooth sailing and we reached the Niagara Falls in about ah
hour. We tied or bikes to a rack, took all things (bike computer, lights, etc)
with us and walked around to do some site seeing and take some pictures. So
beautiful! We deicded to skip the boat ride and instead started our ride back
to the house where Emmalee and Joey waited for us with a campfire. We bought
some drinks and marshmallows and sat down to chat about cycling, life and
everything else.
That was another wonderful night we had sleeping on a comfortable bed after a
warm shower. Thank you Emmalee and Joey!
