Day 67

Rochester,NY - Sodus Point, NY (52 miles)

We started our day off with a blue berry pancake breakfast, with homemade maple syrup, compliments of Bill and Shae. Then we headed back down the Erie Canal.

The first 25 miles were flat, mindless, and full of cute towns. The next 27 miles were far from flat as we made our way north through the drummal hills. But the hills were a nice change, and surprisingly the drivers gave us space. As we as road toward the lake we started seeing orchards everywhere and small road side farm stands about every 5-7 miles. Even cooler yet, we started seeing the "lake stone" houses.

Lake stone houses were built in the 1850's by Irish men who had dug the canal. There are 700 in the region and all the rocks used to make them came from Lake Ontario. The rocks were arranged in rows around the house, organizes by size and color to make for a uniform look on each side of the house. Today we saw 12 of the 700 houses.

Our day ended on Lake Ontario. Unfortunately the campground does not have beach access, but it was still cool to see a new great lake! Tomorrow we'll be sure to go see the lake and skip a few stones.