We woke up to find that it rained over night but it was not raining when we went to leave. It was 60F when we were leaving so people had leggings, arm warmers, and jackets on. Barry had a vest on which he soon took off. Because of the threat of rain most people just wanted to get to the hotel as fast as possible. Luckily there were some nice newly paved roads that we were riding on but then back to reality and bad roads with little or no shoulder. We spent most of the day on SR 5E with the canal on one side and trees on the other so not much to see. We did go through some small towns including Fonda and Nelliston before the SAG. There looked to be some interesting shops but not open when we went through. The SAG was at a rest area overlooking the Mohawk valley. We go through Schenectady from west to east including road closures and construction in the downtown area. There is both nice areas and not so nice areas, like most cities.
Finally at mile 59 we are off 5E. We weave a very circular route the rest of the day. I begin to wonder if we are truly not going in circles but the only other option would be a busy state highway. It does start to rain when we are about 4 miles from the hotel so we speed up but then the rain stops. We have been so lucky as, once again, we manage to arrive at the hotel dry!
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