Day 3 - Fairport to Syracuse - 127km
One of our longest days, which I was not necessarily ready for. It had rained the previous night so the stone dust was wet and would stick to our clothes and legs. We lost the trail at some point when it is on a road because I tried to follow what I had in my gps file, which clearly had not been updated. We were very grateful for the shower at the end of the day.
Day 4 - Syracuse to Lock 20 - 101km
Bike trails to cross and get out of Syracuse were in a poor condition and hard to follow. Eventually we got back on stone dust but the trail was very muddy and not very well maintained. After a while we decided to try to use the roads instead of the trail since progress was so hard. Towards the end of the day we got back on the trail but a lot of dead branches was scattered over it. One eventually got stuck in between my wheel and my mudguard and ripped my tire. Fortunately the tube was undamaged and we taped the tire with duct tape and kept going.
