When we devised our new route, I also realized that we would be going right by Rochester, so we could visit the Monacellis! It worked out that since we didn't have as far to go with the new route, we could spend the night in Rochester. So we slept in this morning, said goodbye to Toronto and looked forward to a nice, easy, 2.5 hr ride to Rochester.
Unfortunately, the ride was anything but nice, short or easy. It was super hot, trafficky, all highway, and did I mention insanely hot? We were stopping every 45min or so to get some gatorade and sit in the nice cool AC of rest areas. Then there was all the construction backups, which slowed us way down - no fun in the heat. Although moving at speed didn't help much either as the air itself was hot and offered almost no relief. Then there was the border crossing, where we sat in line on the bike, baking in the sun, for about 20 min. Definitely not the highlight of our trip.
After nearly 6 hrs of this torture, we made it to the Monacelli's. And though the trip was far from fun, it was definitely worth it. Allison, Tony and Romi were fantastic hosts, cooking us up a great dinner and some delicious margaritas. And of course, great laughs and conversation. We had a wonderful time hanging out and catching up. A huge thank you to them for their generosity and hospitality!
Picture: the temperature on the bike at the border crossing (34 C = 93.2 F, and wasn't even the hottest we saw!). Sadly I was having too much fun to snap any pics of us in Rochester!
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