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Registration at the Waterfront school in downtown Buffalo. Early
Saturday morning.
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Assembling my bike Saturday morning.
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Ready to ride to Niagara Falls. The only mechanical problem I had
the entire trip was near the end of Saturday's loop. I got a flat
when a wire pierced my kevlar belted rear tire.
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On the Peace Bridge headed from Buffalo to Canada.
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View from the Peace Bridge looking north along the Niagara River
(the western terminus of the Erie Canal). Canada is on the left
and the USA is on the right.
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To get over some of the traffic lanes coming from the Peace
Bridge we had to go up a spiral sidewalk and then down a spiral
sidewalk. Never did that before! Then we had to go through
Canadian immigration (and of course, on the way back, US
immigration).
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A few miles north of the Peace Bridge, there is a trail that goes
all the way to the falls. Here are some of the riders on the
trail. I rode the trail on the way up and the road on the way
back.
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After about 22 miles you come to the falls. These are the
American Falls.
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And the Canadian or Horseshoe falls.
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Downtown Buffalo was filled with buffalos -- all done up in
different dress by various artists. This one is in the square
across from City Hall.
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Here's another buffalo in the square across from City Hall. I
gather they are being auctioned off to raise money for a worthy
cause.
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Buffalo City Hall from the side opposite the square with the
buffalos. I think we were told it's the largest city hall in the
US. We had a reception in the lobby of the city hall and were
also able to go to the observation deck at the top of the
building. The views were spectacular. You could see the mist from
the falls over 20 miles away! Unfortunately, I didn't take my
camera because I didn't know we were going to do that.
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Sunset on Saturday. Tent city at the Waterfront School with the
Buffalo City Hall in the background.
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