Day 12 – Rest day in Niagara Falls,NY

Date: 10.05.2018

Altitude: 0 ft (0 m)

Distance: 0 mi (0 km)*

Total Altitude: 26548.6 ft (8092 m)

Total Distance: 632.64 mi (1018.13 km)
*at least on the bike

The first real rest day on my trip, the one in Boston doesn't count since at that point I hadn't started cycling yet. It was nice for a change to sleep in and not getting on the bike. I had a really lazy morning and didn't do anything. During breakfast I had a nice conversation with another guest from Pakistan. It was really interesting talking to him and getting to know him. He his traveling quite a bit to give lectures around the world. He and his colleague just stayed for the night and went back to New York city that day, to fly to Turkey the next day. Later that morning, Jordan the owner of the B&B came by and we talked a bit about my trip. It was nice meeting him, he is a great guy and his B&B is just wonderful.

After lunch I set of to the Falls. Today I walked over the rainbow bridge to the Canadian site of the Falls. Beforehand I was a bit nervous about it, after the experience I made at Boston airport, especially about coming back to US from Canada. But everything went really smoothly and I had no problem getting into Canada and coming back into the US. After I was back in the US I went back to the B&B to relax a bit. Also on the way back from Canada I finally got the picture of the sign saying "Welcome to New York", the second state sign I was able to take a picture of.

Although the weather wasn't as nice today as it was yesterday, the Falls were even more impressive from the Canadian side. The view from the Canadian side on the Falls is just sensational. I would recommend to anyone if you visit the Falls to take the time to walk/drive to the Canadian site and view the Falls from there.

Conclusion for the day:

It feels nice to get some rest every ones in a while.