15 miles on the erie canal

Bicycled to Pittsford this morning and ate crepes. I don't know why I've never tried the canal trail before—it is wonderful. It was a beautiful day and plenty of boats were cruising the canal. I wonder whether you could hitchhike on canalboats? One boatload, locking through at lock number thirty-three, was cool to my queries about whether they "ever take passengers." I think they could have been convinced...