Arrived safely on a red-eye from LA to Buffalo. Take off was delayed until 1:15 AM. I climbed into my window seat and put in the ear plugs and eye shades determined to get almost 5 hours of sleep until landing. Not all worked out as planned. The plane bounced around during the entire flight like a cat playing with a ball suspended on a string. Landed at about 9AM local time, caught a taxi into town to the hotel. They had my bike and a room as well. Had breakfast at a local coffee shop and then started to re-assemble my bike. As a checkout ride, I decided to scout tomorrow's ride. Turns out that it was a smart thing to do. It's one thing to route a ride while sitting at home at your computer and another thing when you actually are riding. I found several bike paths that were not on the map and incorporated them into tomorrow's route (link).
Got back by 4PM. Time enough to shower, upload photos and met the other riders before heading off for dinner.
The city of Buffalo is a very pretty city. The architecture is from a bygone error when no expense was spared to display a company's wealth. Maybe I should have arrived a day or so sooner to get more exposure to this city. As you walk around, you will note many references to both electricity and Nikola Tesla. November 16, 1896 inventor Nikola Tesla flipped the switch that made Buffalo the first electrified city in the world. At the time, he was in fierce competition with Thomas Edison in what is now called the "Current Wars". Would Edison's DC current or Tesla's AC current be the future. Edison could light a single Manhattan block with his DC current, but Tesla could power an entire city. Many industries were born in this city for that reason. It's interesting that the automotive company, Tesla, has a Gigafactory here in Buffalo producing the power of the future, solar power.
All the Best,
Brian
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