Medina, NY to Fair Port, NY 63 Miles July 17

We left Maureen Hungerford's at first light after a lovely, peaceful night's sleep.  We still have the Erie Canal Trail to follow today.  I love it because it is flat, hugs the water and is separated from traffic.   The only drawback is that the trail is not paved, so with today's downpour our nice clean bikes and clean clothes became coated with a muddy soup.  

When we arrived in Fair Port, Pam had gotten us adopted by Shirley Stickles from Assumption Catholic Church.  Shirley took us home after work where we were able to scrub off all the muck from our bikes and our tired bodies.  Then we were entertained by her daughter Kristine Rodriguez and her 12 year old son Tyler.  Tyler was so proud to show off his four blue ribbons for being on his school honor role every semester he has been in middle school.  

After making ourselves somewhat presentable Shirley, Kristine and Tyler took us out to dinner at the most upscale grocery store I've seen;  Wegman's.  Tyler was especially proud because his uncle is a District Manager for the store in Virginia.  All of us were able to choose exactly what we wanted.  I chose the Lentil Chili, while Carol and Pam chose pizza.  We were also joined by Trish Fuchs, another friend who adopted Pam this afternoon.  Trish had to do some last minute juggling of her schedule but she honored us by making such a heroic effort to be a part of our evening in Fair Port.

Shirley drove us home, making sure we knew the route to take us out of town at 5:30 AM tomorrow morning.  Upon arriving home, we were all especially touched when Tyler dipped into his savings to make his own donation to our Ride4Habitat.