Roxy and Linda's Bicycle Blog

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Day 71 - Port Dover, ON to Port Colborne, ON - 60 miles ..... 3206 total miles
The ride out of Port Dover was very quiet this morning, everyone must have headed home. We learned there was an Art in the Park Festival on the weekend that brought a larger than normal crowd to town. Early in the day we passed a large steel plant and power station. We also passed many windmills and signs saying NO windmills. We rode along Lake Erie for many miles along quiet back roads lined with a mix of farmland, forest and homes. Enjoyed the scenery and the quiet roads. Tonight we're staying at a B&B in Port Colborne. We walked into town to check out the Welland Canal, which is a shipping channel connecting Lakes Erie and Ontario, bypassing Niagara Falls.

Day 72 - Port Colborne, ON to Niagara Falls, ON - 39 miles ..... 3245 total miles
Today's ride was mostly all on multi use paths. We rode on the Friendship trail 20 miles from Port Colborne to Fort Erie. Lots of people were out enjoying the beautiful morning walking, biking, skating and walking their dogs. After riding thru forest we came back to Lake Erie and could look across to Buffalo, NY and the Peace Bridge across the Niagara River. Our ride continued along the river following the Niagara Recreation trail. The riding was pleasant, no traffic and a few cyclists and walkers. Closer to the falls the trail goes right along the river, we could see the mist from the falls in the distance and also the crowds of people. We walked our bikes thru the crowds to our motel and relaxed a bit before heading out to be tourists. We watched an IMAX movie, had dinner outdoors overlooking the falls, took photos of the falls, went to the casino and had a view from the Skylon Tower. That's a lot of tourist stuff for us!

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Linda is carrying her bike around a little detour. The bridge is out, but Heidi & Jerry
(folks from WI who are also writing a blog) are just a few days ahead of us &
said a beach detour was possible. They were right!
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Found all sorts of interesting things along the route from Port Colborne to Ft. Erie.


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Ontario seems to be the windmill province of Canada. The signs along the roads
seemed to be evenly split in support & opposition.
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We came upon this little free library on a small country road.

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These words were on the wall at the B&B we stayed at last night. Great thoughts!
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Roxy looking out over Lake Erie at the Buffalo, NY skyline. Another beautiful day.
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The route took us along the Niagara River. We passed under the Peace Bridge which
connects Ft. Erie, Ontario to Buffalo, New York.
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Horseshoe Falls. We were getting wet from the mist. There is an amazing sense of
power in the sound & vibration of the water going over the edge.
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The Maid of the Mist caught in a rainbow.

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View of American Falls across the Niagara River from the the observation deck
of the Skylon Tower. Great views in every direction!
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