Good-Bye Castle, It Was Fun

 It was fun being a knight for a night, but the road is calling and we need to mount our trusty steeds for the road is calling us. We did have time for one final photo.

As we stepped outside, the ground was wet from an early morning shower. The air was cool and damp. The weather forecast showed a low probability of rain and off we went.

We picked up the trail where we left off yesterday and the with and the beautiful trail went on for miles and miles.

Chuck, with his sharp eyes spotted a blue heron on the other side of the canal bank and with a bit of patience, I was able to grab the shot of him looking for his morning meal.

At this point of the canal, it's really wide. So wide that a spillway was constructed to raise the height of the canal so that a lock could be installed. If you look closely, the spillway is under the 3 support arches and the canal water spilling over the spillway. the canal lock is between the 2 vertical buildings on the lower center of the photo. Both of them are marked with a number 8. The canal lock gates are between the 2 vertical buildings

As we were leaving Albany we were required to take a detour next to a highway in order to cross a bridge. The experience was a bit unnerving to say the least.

We arrived at the Blue Spruce Motel in Valatie NY at about 4:30 in time to shower and start this blog before we went into town to have dinner. Tomorrow is going to be another  70 mile ride and we plan on being in the road by 8 AM. The weather is likely to be similar to today with overcast clouds and a chance of rain. The next day, Saturday, is likely to be sunny and warmer. Below was the prediction for today and it was fairly accurate.

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