On Friday we went to Lewiston, NY to the North Niagara Falls /Lewiston KOA we didn’t visit the Falls this trip but had discovered in 2019 that this area is either under frequented by Rv’ers or has such a glut of campgrounds that there are always places to stay. The other thing this area has is plenty of Rails to Trails. After setting up we drove about a block down Fletcher St where the campground is located, parked in a park'n ride and walked North on the Kiwanis Park trail to where it ended at the entrance to Joseph Davis State Park. Since we hadn't even completed 4 miles we returned to Fletcher St and walked south along the sidewalk over looking the Niagara for a short distance before returning to the truck and campground.
Historic Marker memorializing a british landing below Ft Niagara

 The next day we parked in the same park n ride and first walked East on the path which parallels the road until we reached the parkway where the trail parallels the parkway although there is vegetation between the two. in total  we walked four miles out and back never reaching the trail head in Lewiston's Kiwanis Park.

On July 25th we drove to Lockport, NY and walked on the Erie Canal Trail newly fixed up thanks to discredited and eventually resigned Governor Cuomo, As for Lockport there are several inland towns with port in their names as they were ports on the Erie Canal like FairPort, Gasport Brockport, Middleport and others. While the Erie canal trail exists in all of these towns  there are some parts of the trail that are on the road and do not have a dedicated walk/bike trail.


Erie Canal TrailBycycle honoring the Trail Keepers



We have not walked the entire 365 Miles trail which follows the old Eire canal  AKA Clinton's (not that Clinton) ditch. After our four mile walk we drove to Lock 34 & 35 in downtown Lockport.

Lock 35Lock 34

Lock 35 is the new lock and is still in use Lock 34 is in what's left of the old canal and is part of the museum and historic preservation as is
Canal Boat

this canal boat next to the old Lock house now a museum


The next day we returned to lock's 34 & 35 watched some boats enter and leave lock 35, visited the museum
boats In lock 35boat on the way out of Lock 35

and walked on the trail where we watched a bridge lift to allow a boat to pass.

Lift BridgeLift Bridge in the up position


On the 27th we drove to North Tonawanda and walked on the path along the St Lawrence river along a section a of the Erie Canal trail  which we had walked on previously from the other end. During our stay in the area we also  rediscovered Perry’s ice Cream an up State New York favorite. We bought it in 48 oz (no longer a gallon) containers in the supermarket and we also went to DeDee’s where the portions are extremely generous.
Empire State Trail Sign in Nawanda ParkErie Canal sign near Niagara River

On July 28th we drove to a KOA in Watkins Glen, NY