Thursday July 12

Today we covered 48 miles between Syracuse and Rome, NY. Leaving Syracuse was a little hairy as we traveled out of town on a busy four lane highway with poor shoulders. So, we stayed in groups and achieved critical mass to cause the cars to respect our presence. Once on the trail, things were better (save for the aforementioned dust.) We traveled along sections of the expanded, but now abandoned canal. The weather was HOT, @90.