July 30 - 55 miles to Fair Haven

Another Flat

It was a great day until we got caught in a thunderstorm and John had 3 flats.  We stopped in Sodus Point at an historic lighthouse.  The town was strategic in the War of 1812.  Along the route we saw cobblestone houses.  In the 1800's, farmer plowed their fields and realized that the rocks were plentiful so they used them to build houses. Late in the afternoon Russ and I were waiting for John to change yet another flat, when we looked to the sky and realized that it would downpour soon.  So we took off to try to beat the rain.  At that point we were about 12 miles from the campground.  It started pouring when we were only three miles from the end and we headed to the nearest farmhouse.  Luck would have it that Scott was home and invited us inside to get dry and have a cup of hot tea.  The thunder and rain continued for at least a half hour and it finally quit and we decided to make a run for it.  Made it almost to camp before it started to pour again.  We were glad to throw a tarp over the bikes and get inside the dry trailer.

July 31 - 43 miles to Port Onterio.  We were able to get our tents down and load the RV before the next thunderstorm in the morning.  We played cards and a few took naps until the rain stopped about 9:30 am and we hit the road.  This was a late start for the "dogs" who usually are out the door by 6:30 am.  We all stayed together for the morning and then separated when a few of us had to find a bike shop for minor adjustments.  Camped at a State Park on Lake Onterio.  The park rangers had set traps to catch raccoons and early in the morning you could hear them screech and two babies were in the traps.  The ranger said they relocate them about 3 miles away from the park.  Russ forgot that he had a brownie in his front pack and they had managed to steal the brownie which he wasn't happy about.