Niagara River rapids just north (or is it west) of the Falls.

Left Horseshoe Falls at 9:05 on our way to Lockport. Our route out of Niagara Falls is Main St. (Rte 104) to Pine Ave., to Hyde Park Blvd, which becomes a steep hill over railroad tracks. Half way up the hill Kathy sees a plastic fork in the road. She calls back to me, “There’s a fork in the road. Which way do we go?”

We are riding into the wind, but making 9 to 11 mph. We will be riding on-road all day because the canal pathway doesn’t begin until Lockport.

10 a.m. – turned onto Rte 31 and heading east, straight into Lockport from here. We stopped at the Tuscarora Indian Nation Reservation (Smokin Joes) in Sanborn for a mid-morning snack and started asking people, “How far to Lockport?” It’s a left-over joke from our very short trip on the canal in 2004. As expected we got answers that ranged from “have no idea” to “11 to 16 miles”. We had figured at least 16.

Smokin Joes® Trading Post is a one stop shopping center—a large grocery store, Cafe, Men's and Women's clothing boutiques, Fine jewelry department, the Native American Museum of Art, and you can even get your car washed! Come get your Smokin' Deals…the price of cigarettes is outrageously low (no, I don’t smoke).