I woke up early this
5th day of cycling the
Erie Canal to catch the sunrise from
Burnet Park in Syracuse.
After breakfast, we set off, passing a few places
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Taras Shevchenko Monument,
West Fayette Street and South Wilbur Avenue |
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| Mule Statue, 327 Erie Boulevard East |
on the way to the
Erie Canal Museum in town, which the only remaining weighlock building left today.
After leaving the museum, we proceeded onward, past the Butternut Creek Aqueduct at ~5629 Butternut Drive in DeWitt,
and the Cedar Bay Bridge at the 6990 Cedar Bay Road nearby
on the way to the
Chittenango Landing Canal Boat Museum in the town of Sullivan, which has historical drydocks used for fixing canal boats.
From here, it was on to yet another canal museum, the
Canastota Canal Town Museum, located in the town of Lenox.
Moving on, it was into the village of Durhamville in the town of Verona
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Durhamville Baptist Church,
5294 Church Street
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St. Francis of Assisi Church,
5334 Foster Street
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| Eagle Balloon, Route 31 and Route 46 |
to get to the rest stop at
Lock 21 in Rome.
It suddenly poured at this time, so I was thankful to be under the tents provided here.
Unfortunately, it meant that I would put on my raincoat, which would eventually cause me to lose my glasses, possibly at the
Erie Canal Village, which was our next destination in Rome.
There are several mini museums here, firstly the Erie Canal Museum.
Other houses were just exhibits of the daily life of people living by Clinton's Ditch here,
which somehow I missed while I was here. It is somewhat to the right of the picture here,
and somewhere ahead of the Wood Creek School (white) and before the Harden Museum (dark brown) here, overgrown with vegetation.
Another museum here was the Museum of Cheese.
The site of
Fort Bull is also here, with a moat surrounding it.
The Harden Museum was full of horse drawn carts and sleighs.
After finally leaving the museum, we headed next door to the
Rome Sports Hall of Fame Museum, but we left soon after because we did not know anyone from Rome anyway.
We cycled onward to our campsite for the day at
Fort Stanwix in town, passing by a few places
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St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church,
105 East Liberty Street
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St. Mary's Church,
210 West Liberty Street
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Old City Hall,
North James Street and West Park Street
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along the way.
After setting up camp, we went to visit the fort itself, which is pretty impressive, considering it is made of wood and earth.
After leaving the fort, we decided to head for an Italian dinner at
Savoy Restaurant nearby. I got the Filet Remo Medallions
(Pan seared tenderloin medallions, crusted with cracked peppercorns and finished in a brandy, mushroom, scallion cream sauce, served with garlic mashed potatoes),
while my friend got the Chicken Riggies (Sauteed chicken with peppers, mushrooms and onions tossed with rigatoni in a spicy and creamy tomato cheese and wine sauce).
I thought both dishes were pretty good, especially my beef, although my friend thought her pasta was just alright.
After dinner, my friend headed back to rest, while I decided to take a short walk around town, starting with the Fort Stanwix Visitor Center, which had a few exhibits of artifacts from the site.
I visited a few more places in town
before deciding to call it a night.
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