Day 25; 8/18. Oswego to Pulaski, NY

Yesterday's ride while not long, kind of did us in. It was not the total gain in altitude, but rather the way it was gained. Each climb became a 3.5 mph maximal effort lasting 10 to 20 minutes, followed by a screaming descent. The momentum of the descent typically petered out before the next climb, so we started each climb from scratch. Hard day. Ah well.

Oswego is a kind of depressed college town with the SUNY Oswego on the west edge. We honestly didn't see much, as we got to the motel, showered, went out for dinner, and fell asleep. No knock on Oswego, but upper New York State reminds me of the northern lower peninsula of Michigan, touristy jobs, but otherwise a lot of poverty. Tired as we were, we were looking forward to today's ride.

After sleeping in to 07:30, we did a little bike maintenance, had the obligatory 'free continental breakfast' at the hotel, and headed out on our 24 mile ride to Pulaski. (Pronounced with a long 'i')


Wonderful ride today. We did have four or five hills like yesterday's, but by and large it was a reasonably fast ride on moderate grades through farmland. We had a ball, arriving at our host's home before noon.



For lunch we went to a local restaurant called River House. Nice beer selection.
 


Tomorrow we ride to Rome.