Day 11 – Medina,NY to Niagara Falls,NY

Date: 09.05.2018

Altitude: 488.8 ft (149 m)

Distance: 42.59 mi (68.54 km)

Total Altitude: 26548.6 ft (8092 m)

Total Distance: 632.64 mi (1018.13 km)

My tenth day on the road and I reached my first milestone, the first 1000 km. So only about 6000 km left. Today was going to be a shorter day with the destination Niagara Falls,NY. So I started not quite as early as the last few days into this sunny day, but I still reached Niagara Falls around noon.

The route today was again completely flat, so it wasn't too strenuous. I started out on the Canalway trail until I reached Lockport, from here on out I had to go back on normal roads again. All the way to Niagara Falls I was cycling mainly through farmland on busy roads. So the the change from no traffic to a lot of traffic was pretty big. It took me a while to get used to it again. The worst part today was cycling through the city Niagara Falls at the end of the route, there was no shoulder to ride on, the road conditions were terrible and the cars/trucks were passing me so narrowly. I was glad when I finally reached the Falls. I spent the rest of the day, noon until the late afternoon, at the falls. For today I stayed on the US side since I didn't wanted to cross the boarder with my bike today. The Falls are just impressive and if you have the chance you should definitely visit. Since it is still early in May, it was also not that crowded, which was nice.

In the afternoon I check in to a really nice B&B in Niagara Falls. If you are ever in Niagara Falls you should definitely check it out. Thanks Jörg for the recommendation. I will spend two nights here, since tomorrow is going to be my first rest day of the tour. Tomorrow I will probably just chill a bit at the B&B and take a walk to the Canadian side of the Falls. I will for sure not be doing a whole lot tomorrow.