We drove up to Devils hole where we started our bike path. Today we cycled about 13 miles. This trail overlooks the Niagara Falls Gorge until you finally get to the Falls. We started our day early as it was supposed to rain, yet we only got a few trickles around 3 o’clock. We cycled to goat Island where we could see some of the falls closer, but not the big Falls, on the way back, we found the underground railroad museum. It’s not difficult to imagine that during the Civil War, slaves escaped from the United States into Canada. A common way to escape was when a slave accompanied their southern masters to stay at the hotel in town. When the masters went out for dinner or something, the slave would make the way out of the hotel, hide in the crowd until they got to the river and then go cross the river in a ferry or be smuggled out by the workers. I also discovered that Harriet Tubman had started a about 15 miles north in Canada. It was a small but well done museum. We made it back to the car and drove into Lewistown. This is a cute Americana looking town. We ate at Apple grannies. Scotty had protein fries which she said were great and filling I had a cup of onion soup and half a turkey sandwich again it was very filling. I guess we weren’t that full because then we headed to the bakery and got a dessert to eat later this evening. (note we did not ride on made of the mist as we had done this several years ago when we visited Niagara Falls.)
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