Auto Immunity: From Erie to our namesake being dropped on us to some water

With coming into Pennsylvania we thought that one day would be enough and started the day with the idea of leaving Pennsylvania and going into New York. To be honest our slice of PA wasn't that big to start with so more than a day would have been excessive.
As we headed out of Erie and toward New York we started to hit prime Lake Erie wine country. It seems like a lot of places are good wine country that you would not expect. So with beautiful vistas of endless rows of grapes on one side and endless lake on the other side we easily made our way into New York passing our new buddies going from Washington to Maine.
We made a quick stop at the border for a photo opp and then got a tip from some golfers that a storm was on our heels and expected to be hitting us around noon. With only 30 or 40 miles left in the day and our track record of minimal rain we thought nothing of their warning and continued toward our destination of Silver Creek, New York. The rest of the day was scenic and quite easy as we continued our path along Lake Erie.
Upon arriving in Silver Creek we first hit the grocery store as we all needed drink mix for our water bottles. When we came out of the store we were offered up a surprise as our bags were wet with some sort of liquid substance that fell from the sky. I'm talking about RAIN of course. Yes people it finally happened. We got rained on while we were biking. Ok it was when we got to our destination but we still had not found a place to stay so we had to bike in the rain to find a spot. We asked some people about a place to stay and no one really had any options for us so we took our usual route and hit up the local churches. We went to two that were locked and one said that we couldn't stay inside but that we could camp in the backyard.
So with this in mind we went to another church and it was locked but we found a spot to sit not in the rain. So me (Matt) and Joey sat down and had some lunch while Nate went back out on the hunt for a place to stay indoors. With our bellies full we laid down for a bit but within a few minutes the rain and wind really picked up and started blowing through our spot and misting us. It was fun seeing a real storm finally. Just as the storm was at its worst we got a call from Mr. Nate who informed us that he found a place for us to stay.
Yay Nate!! In a few minutes Nate arrived with Wayne, and me and Joey quickly biked through the rain from one church to another. Wayne was nice enough to open up the church office for us and let us stay there for the night. He then said that we should come over later for dinner. So after changing our clothes and getting cleaned up the best we could we went over to Wayne and Elaines for hotdogs and baked beans. GREAT!!
We found out that Wayne has set up and has been running a run for handicapped kids since his daughter has Downs Syndrome. They hooked us up with Laurel run T-Shirts named after their daughter Laurel who has Downs. After dinner we went back to the church and got some good sleep before getting up for breakfast back at Wayne's house the next morning.
The breakfast consisted of bacon eggs and toast. What else can you ask for? We took some pictures and then got on our way toward Buffalo New York. Thank you Wayne and Elaine for all of your help. It would not have been fun sleeping outside in the dampness. Also the hotdogs were great and everything you do is great so keep it up.
With Silver Creek in the background we headed up to Buffalo and to Anchor Bar to the place where Buffalo wings were invented. It was only about 35 miles so we did it easily and got to the bar just as they opened at 11am. We got 50 wings because thats the most you could order. Half barbecue and half hot. They were great and it is worth it to go to Buffalo for them. We then called some people on warmshowers and one of them answered and said we could stay at his house for the night. So we got on the web and googled his address and made our way to his house so that we could drop off our packs before heading toward our great destination for the day, Niagara Falls!
I'm not going to bore you with how great it is you will just have to go there to see for yourself or you can just look at the pictures below. So after seeing the falls we headed back to Andre's house and he and his wife Jenna cooked us up some delicious meat on a stick with spaghetti and sauce. As I speak we are listening to queen getting ready for bed. So for now that is that and now is then and later will come. For all you regular readers, keep it up and keep spreading the word. We are pretty close to the end now. Only about 6 or 7 hundred miles left. Thank you and good night.

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