{"id":912,"date":"2021-09-04T20:32:52","date_gmt":"2021-09-05T00:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acrossthemapwithmatt.com\/?p=912"},"modified":"2021-09-04T21:11:59","modified_gmt":"2021-09-05T01:11:59","slug":"lock-21-rome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acrossthemapwithmatt.com\/?p=912","title":{"rendered":"Lock 21 Rome"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Today was a lot of road riding but traffic wasn’t terrible. It was pretty hot on the roads though. I got lost many times in Syracuse. In 2019 Ny was given a grant for more bike trails and camping places. Its awesome the state has such great trails and all these free hiker,biker, boater campsites. The problem for me was before all the new sections of trail the Erie Canal trail symbol was painted on the roads so you knew where to go. The new trail was not always marked. Often times at an intersection there would be an arrow on a post pointing one way and painted symbols showing the other way. And to make matters worse Google maps did not recognize either way and would come up with its own completely different route. But it was a nice day and I saw parts of Syracuse I wouldn’t of otherwise. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Road riding does have some perks!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Until the city and all the roads, it was a long green tunnel and I put in my earbuds and listened to the book Outlaw Ocean. I rarely listen to music or books while riding I prefer to hear the sounds of nature. This was the second time this trip that I did and its always on days I have a lot of miles to do. When listening to a book or music I don’t get distracted by my surroundings and I just pedal. I did stop and fish a few times in the canal. Even an audio book couldn’t distract me from noticing some likely looking spots for smallmouth bass. I didn’t want to spend too much time though,today was a 60+ mile day to get into camp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Green tunnel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A tiny bit over halfway!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Syracuse had some really neat architecture. I didn’t enjoy it as quite as much as I normally would of because mostly I was lost and looking for the trail. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cool building<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n