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Lisa Stokes

Travel with a Bicycle Tourism and Advocacy Focus

  • Erie Canalway – Day 7 – Weedsport to Syracuse

    We headed out at 7:45 this morning after breakfast in the motel. Right off the bat I turned the wrong way, and then when I corrected myself, ran a red light. We were all still tired from yesterday’s long ride in the heat and humidity. It didn’t bode well for another very hot day,…

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  • Erie Canalway – Day 6 – Rochester to Weedsport

    We met outside the hotel at 6:45 to get an early start before the day got too hot, but it was already 26° and humid. We had about a 6 km ride back to where we left the trail yesterday and fortunately the roads weren’t as busy as when we arrived two days ago.…

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  • Erie Canalway – Day 5 – Rochester Rest Day

    David and Dayle are very early risers so David got to work on Dayle‘s bike, and discovered that the derailleur hanger wasn’t broken so he was able to repair the issues himself. Cindy and I had a swim and then breakfast and there was still plenty of time before we had agreed to meet…

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  • Erie Canalway – Day 4 – Lockport to Rochester

    The forecast high today was predicted to reach 31 so we decided to be on the road by 7 AM. We were staying just outside of Lockport with only a short ride from the hotel on roads to get to the trail. We passed the lovely county office building, and shortly thereafter came to…

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  • Erie Canalway – Day 3 – Buffalo to Lockport

    As I began to upload pictures to my website after writing the text for day three, my website crashed. My son does all the technical stuff for me so I contacted him, but it ended up taking weeks to sort out the issue and get it back online. So I continued to choose the…

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  • Erie Canalway- Day 2 – Niagara Falls to Buffalo

    The hotel offered a breakfast of refined carbs which we took advantage of, but isn’t my preference, and I was hungry again by mid-morning. Before setting off, we headed to the R. Nathaniel Dett Chapel, which, according to the historic plaque is  “an important community icon (which)… bears witness to the early black settlement of…

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  • Erie Canalway- Day 1 – Brampton to Niagara Falls

    David and Dayle, Cindy and I started planning this trip back in February. Because we have cycled much of Waterfront Trail between Toronto and Niagara Falls we decided to shorten the trip by a day by taking the GO train between Port Credit and Niagara Falls. Originally we had planned to leave tomorrow, but…

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  • Bratislava 2 – Day 14

    I decided to go to Danubiana Art Museum, 20 km south of downtown Bratislava, very near the border of Slovakia, Hungary, and Austria. It opened in 2000, and was founded by Gerard Meulensteen of Eindhoven, a Dutch collector and art patron, and Vincent Polakovič, a Slovak gallerist. It’s a 22 km ride from the…

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  • Hamilton- Day 7

    We decided to walk to Steve’s Open Kitchen for breakfast. It took us past Hamilton City Hall, where there is a topiary Tiger-Cats mascot, mini football field, and football. There is also the now ubiquitous large public art sculpture of the name of the city. Adjacent to City Hall is Whitehern, a well preserved,…

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  • Hamilton- Day 6 – Dundas

    We planned a short ride today, riding along the Hamilton Brantford Rail Trail to Dundas Valley Conservation Area, then leaving the trail and descending into Dundas for lunch and coffee, before riding back up, Cootes Drive, and through McMaster, and back to the apartment, for a ride of about 25 km. We started the…

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