PhotoA sign along the Erie Canal (we rode part of it in 2004). Click to enlarge and wonder just what Henpeck Park is all about. We did not explore in '04, but I will make sure we do this year.
I can't wait
As I continue to work on the details for our Erie Canal bike ride coming up this September, I came across this charming website. Although the father/daughter team quoted here is considerably younger than the mother/daughter team contemplating the same trip, the sentiment remains the same. ☺ ☺ This father and daughter team road cross- country. Kathy and I hope to do almost 400 miles in nine days and consider that a major event! If we live to tell the tale and if we are still talking to each other, we are considering more touring. You will notice they did 85 miles in one day from Little Falls to Troy. Kathy and I will do that in two days.
Father & Daughter Coast-to-Coast Odyssey
By Jon Adams and Bryn Adams - (contact)
Inflection Point (Jon): Little Falls to Troy NY
Tuesday August 7, 2007, 85 miles (137 km) - Total so far: 3,074 miles (4,947 km)
This quoted section can be found on page 44 as indicated by the above link.
We are riding along the Mohawk River and I am drafting Bryn as she pulls into a strong headwind. I am struggling to hang on which shouldn't be the case. A rider drafting another enjoys a 20% benefit in lower wind resistance. We have reached the inflection point experienced by most parents of teenagers where the declining slope of one's own physical abilities intersects with the ascending slope of one's child. It evokes an interesting combination of pride and regret.
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