Woke to an overcast sky but no rain so I packed away the rain gear. Of course when we started riding shortly thereafter it began to rain. It was only a light rain which eventually ended. We made it to Lockport for lunch and then decided to ride to Lewiston; and, depending on the weather and our progress we thought we would cross the Lewiston-Queenston bridge to Canada. I had trouble programming my Garmin GPS so Hal navigated with his iPhone using Google maps. I thought we ended up going a little too far South when I saw a sign for "Alabama" but luckily it was Alabama, N.Y. when we arrived in Lewiston we decided to head south to Niagra Falls, N.Y. so we could see the falls tomorrow morning. The plan is to cross into Canada tomorrow morning via the Rainbow bridge. Luckily after dinner tonight I was able to get my Starbucks "fix." We ended up doing 60 miles today and of course it started to rain just before we found a motel in Niagra Falls. Before reaching Niagra Falls we cycled through a lot of rural areas and passed a significant amount of farmland. Once we reached the town of Niagra it became much more urban and industrial. We passed a large N.Y. Power Authority electrical generation plant - it looked like a large pump-storage facility. And, you see a lot of high-voltage electrical lines which I assume are carrying power from the hydro plant at the falls.
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