Day 33- July 24

Day 33: July 24th 36,436 on my odometer

Originally, we had intended to stay here for a week. When we checked in though we only reserved the cabin for 2 nights. Today we reserve another night. Hopefully this will give the rain a chance to move on and we can enjoy the place more. We eat breakfast at an inn a little ways down the road. The fare is much better than we had been getting at the diner in town.
First stop for the day is Buttermilk Falls. The falls themselves aren’t too far of a hike from the road, and there is decent enough parking off the side of the road for the bikes. We keep the gear on to protect us some from the rain. The falls are flowing heavy with all the recent rain, so it is a good show. Nothing like Niagra Falls or anything, but quite scenic and a lot less crowded.
Next stop is a rock shop where we seek shelter from the steady rain. Quite a few items of interest here, and it is walking distance from our cabin. We make a few small purchases, as our choices are limited by the space available and difficulty in preserving fragile items on the bikes. Not to mention our fast dwindling funds. We are starting to go into debt on this trip, and there is still a long way to go.
Final stop for the day before returning to town is the visitor center in Newcomb. It is a pretty nice place with a few good hiking trails. There is supposed to be good wildlife viewing here, but we aren’t so lucky. It probably doesn’t help that employees are blasting up and down the trails on 4-wheelers. It is still pretty scenic though, and has the largest hemlock trees I have ever seen. We stop to rest often on the trail, and find great places to view the hills and trees across quiet lake waters. Fortunately, the rain has let up so we don’t get particularly wet. We see lots of trees, fungus, and birds; but not much else for wildlife.
The rain comes back heavy as we get back into town. We stop at Stewarts to wait things out a bit while eating some ice cream and shopping for groceries. Tonight dinner will be sandwiches at the cabin. It will be our last bit of peaceful relaxation for a while.
As we aren’t really traveling anywhere, I don’t write down the mileage on the odometer. Tomorrow’s mileage will be a little off.