We enjoyed a lengthy breakfast with Suzanne (see photo), our host at the B&B where we had spent the night. Suzanne, we found out, is an avid bicyclist. For example, some years ago (1970s?) she organized a bike trip for 60 people, from Buffalo to New York City, zigzagging back and forth so that they could spend each night on a college campus. She currently assists the volunteer group that maintains the Erie Canal Bike Path, and had lots of good advice for us. We especially enjoyed talking with her about her graduate work in the psychology of innovation and invention, and the creativity workshops that she used to run.
On Suzanne's advice, we next went to the Lockport Discovery Center, which gave a lot of background on the Erie Canal, and on the "flight" of five adjacent locks that lifted boats over the Lockport Escarpment. The exhibits and film might have been pitched toward school kids, but it was excellently designed and Steve and I both really enjoyed it.
The 1st Presbyterian Church of Lockport is across from the street from the Discovery Center, and it is known for its 14 stained glass windows: two by Tiffany himself; four more by the Tiffany workshop; and six by another, later, stained glass artist who used Tiffany glass in his work. Two windows (more properly, the bottom halves of two windows) are shown in photos below. I enjoyed seeing this glass artwork, and am particularly pleased to post these windows because one of the readers of this blog, Reverend Rodgers, married me and Leslie almost 40 years ago in the 1st Presbyterian Church of Peters Township, Pennsylvania.
Following our tourist activities we decided to have lunch at the same restaurant whose food we had enjoyed yesterday. I had the chicken & biscuits special (see photo), which turned out to be a very large portion of what tasted to me like a chicken pot pie -- delicious!
After lunch we rode along the bike trail (see two photos) to Albion, where we checked into a cheap motel. The town itself had a very pretty town square, surrounded by churches. Of particular note was the Universalist Church (see photo), donated by the inventor of the Pullman Train Car.
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1 comment:
the more i read the more i want to get on a bike. hae already investigated co-motions americano...wish i knew for certain id ride a good distance...again thanks for the inspiration! would like to read about some pros/cons...like top 5 worst things and the top 5 best things.
happy pedaling!
chris
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