Steve warned me yesterday that the firestation's air horn might go off in the middle of the night. The horn blasts a code three times, signaling to the volunteer firefighters where the emergency is occurring.
Sure enough, about five in the morning, the first blast startled me awake. There was no one in town that could sleep through it.
The code was two blasts followed by a brief pause, then a single blast. I don't know where in town the 2-1 code indicated, but I'm proud that I remembered it.
I made sure to get up before 7am to say farewell to Steve before he went home. I made it with minutes to spare.
From there I walked across the canal to grab some coffee and breakfast.
You can see my tent in the right side of the photo.
Then I packed up, and took off, heading up a small country road that Steve recommended.
Thank you Lyons Fire Department. You're awesome.
I was clearly in Amish country. I passed countless signs indicating that buggies might be on the road - although I didn't see any.
A few of the enormous, white houses on the side of the road clearly had no electrical connection and dozens of the same style shirts hanging from the clothes line out front.
I'd like to spend a day with an Amish family to see what it is like.
But there wasn't a soul on the road, or in the fields nearby.
While passing through Oswego, I stopped at a park and harbor sitting on the lake. Lunch was the usual tuna wrap, this time the thai chili flavor.
A paddle boarder approached me while sitting at the harbor and told me about a much better road to take north than the state highway. I could ride on it all the way to Selkirk Shores State Park & campground by sunset.
A couple miles out of the state park, I passed through Mexico. The sign said, Welcome to Mexico, New York. I chuckled.
They had a nice little park on the lake, but definitely not suitable for camping. There were plenty of signs clearly indicating overnight guests were not welcome.
Good think I knew about the Selkirk Shores campground.
I arrived just in time to watch the sun set behind a bunch of trees.
The weather forecast indicated there would be rain all night, so I made sure to put the tarp over my bike before I fell asleep.
Joe