Day 46 - Hamburg to Canandaigua - 95 miles

The day started off nippy - in the 50's but going to warm into the 60's. What to wear? I opted for my jersey and arm warmers. No jacket. After all, I'm a Colorado girl! By the first sag stop, I was cold and not having the greatest ride. My hands were partially numb and had tingly nerve stuff going on. Luckily the van at the sag stop was pulling the trailer with all our stuff on it and I had loaded pretty close to the end. Shane opened up the back for me and got my bag out. I found my jacket and some different gloves and things started looking a little better. We also had birthday cake at the sag stop for Kathi and it's hard to be crabby with birthday cake. Once we started riding again I got warmed up a bit, my hands started doing better, and life in general just seemed to improve. I started off tired and the cold didn't help but after 30-40 miles, I was thinking I might survive another day! Most days it seemed like the first third of the ride went by pretty slowly but after that things moved along pretty well. 

We were warned up front that it would be a double ice cream day and we should prepare ourselves for that. :) I must confess I was not able to embrace the challenge fully.

Fiona managed a shake with her fish sandwich. I opted for rootbeer with my cheeseburger. They had peach softserve ice cream which I did want to try but not a whole cone so I left it undone. While we were eating, Fiona's tire went flat and the staff changed it for her, then brought in the photographic evidence. Second flat tire at a sag stop in as many days! She knows how to time things.

By the time we made it to the second ice cream stop, I was ready.

Kids will be kids.

I had a nice combo of vanilla and strawberry. Just the fuel I needed to make it into Canandaigua.

The lake was beautiful! 

There were rows of boathouses along the pier as well. 

We walked down the rows looking at them, noting how distinct they were from each other and their quirkiness and charm. I think it was Patty that started chatting with a couple and they invited us in for a look. It's against the laws to actually live in the boathouses but they had two and were redoing one so it was a nice place for a meal and relaxing in between the boating. They also gave us a little background and history on the lake and the area. 

As we were looking out at a small island on the lake, the guy asked for a camera and said this would be a great shot of us. He was right! That's a fun memory of a fun day.

And we discovered that Kathi and I both like brightly colored running shoes!