Woke up rested after a good night’s sleep in my Airbnb room. There were many cats in the house and trying to keep them out of the room was a challenge. Guess I’m a dog person. There were a few issues that needed attention on my bike, so I was over at the bike shop at 10. Neil took me right in and addressed all the issues – New brake pads on the rear, replaced a spoke, adjusted the shifting and a new seat post. Thanks Mello Velo bike shop and cafe! (wish the cafe had been open).
When I got back to the house, my clean clothes had still not shown up from the home schooled teenager washing them next-door. Time passed and still no clothes. After multiple texts, I finally had a laundry basket of damp clothes at 1:00. Not sure what the problem was, just glad to get them back.
Leaving Syracuse was slow because of the many stoplights. The paved trail went down the median of a divided highway for quite a ways. Then I was back on the trail next to the canal which for the majority of the time has been stone dust. There were several interesting locks today and a canal boat museum which was closed.
I wanted to get 40 miles in, but with the late start it was 7 before I arrived in Rome. The first ball park I looked at was a little sketchy, so I traveled on to a marina park which looked like a much better camp spot. Mosquitoes, once again, are voracious and require a full slather of repellent to cook dinner. So, here I am under a full Harvest Moon next to a historic canal getting ready to fall asleep 
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2 Wheeled Wanderer 