Day 43- Erie, PA

Today was a great day. We rode 99 miles into Erie, Pennsylvania with lots of stops along the way. The best lunch stop yet on the trip was at Tarsitano Winery and Cafe today. This place had the BEST pasta, and lots of great wine. Pictured here is Arlene, Rocket, Wayne, and Greg. Rocket liked the wine so much that he bought two bottles, and put them in his water bottle holders on his bike. Craziness!  

After lunch, we rode about another 5 miles and came upon the White Turkey Drive-In which featured Richardson’s Rootbeer floats…we couldn’t pass that up, so yes, we stopped again for more food and ice cream. Here is one of their root beer floats–

Brian, a guy from England, who had never been to America before this trip ordered just a regular rootbeer— then he saw Wayne’s rootbeer float and asked what it was. Wayne replied that it was a rootbeer float, so Brian turns to the waitress and says “Ma’am, can you please float mine?” It was really funny.

Tomorrow we will say goodbye to David, Allison, and Tracy who have ridden from Indianapolis with us. David is Allison and Tracy’s dad, and it has been a pleasure getting to know them. Wish they were going the whole way with us!