June 3 Pittsford NY to Locksport NYe

First of all I want to do a disclaimer about the Red Roof Inn.  I didn’t mean to imply that all Red Roof Inns aren’t clean.  Actually I don’t know, I was only referring to the one in Fulton, NY so please don’t evaluate the whole chain according to my feedback.
Today I got an early start and was running along the Erie Canalway when I shifted gears slightly and broke my chain.  I have pieces to make a repair but decided that since I had passed a bike shop about a mile back I would walk back and let the professionals do it.  Unfortunately Towpath Bicycles didn’t open until 11am so I waited a while.  When they arrived they quickly got me a new chain in place and I was on my way.  The chain was nasty from so much road dirt from mud and filth I had been through over the last few weeks.  Rob from Brooklyn had put on his blog that he found a power washer to clean his chain and bike after the weather and mud.  I had been oiling mine and trying to clean it but there’s only so much you can do. Several of the roads along Lake Ontario had been flooded and had a lot of mud and then the canalway in the rain was dirty too.
When my chain was repaired I started again and was doing okay until the wind increased .  I was trying to make Locksport because Amy’s friend, Bob had a friend who lived there and was willing to give me a place to stay.  Around Spencerport I realized I couldn’t make Locksport in this wind and I wanted out of the cold so I called Joan to tell her I wouldn’t be there.  But fortunately, Joan’s son, who happens to live in Brockport, my next stop, was going to visit Joan to help with putting up an awning.  I met him in Brockport and rode in the car for the last 30 miles.  First time I have been in a car since May 15. Jeffrey said one of his sons is a cyclist so he brought along one beer for me to drink on the way to Locksport.  What service.
I spent the evening with Joan and her husband Roger.  They took me out for a beef on weck sandwich.  Western New York is known for this sandwich which is thin slices of beef on a kummelweck  roll that has kosher salt and  caraway seeds on top. It’s very good.  Joan took me to see the locks on the canal that gave Locksport it’s name since I missed the bike ride by them.  She was a gracious hostess and I got a good nights rest plus some laundry done.
I met a couple on the canalway who were riding the trail in segments.  They were very unhappy with the wind and said this trip has been a bust for them. They had planned to do the Katy Trail in Missouri but that was cancelled because of tornadoes. The weather was sending them home early in frustration.