The road is smooth, going up the bottom of the valley between Montour and The Glen and then runs along the side of the hill above the lake. Seneca is my favorite of the Finger Lakes in Central New York. It was named for the Seneca Indian Nation, one of the six nations of the Iroquois Confederacy who used to inhabit the area. At 38 miles (60 km) long, it is the second longest of the Finger Lakes and has the largest volume, estimated at 4.2 trillion US gallons (16 km³) which is half of all the water in all the Finger Lakes. It has a maximum depth of 618 feet (188 m), and a mean depth of 291 feet. It has a surface area of 42,800 acres (67 sq mi). The lake is so large that its icy waters have a pronounced cooling effect on the air around it which makes the area prime for growing grapes to make wine. We were surrounded by beautiful vineyards and cottages with a great view of the lake to our right. There were also lots of crafts/produce stands along the road due to the heavy Amish population. Occasionally we would pass a horse and buggy or some Amish on bicycles, but other than that there wasn't much traffic at all so we could take in the scenery comfortably.
When we got to Geneva, Dad took the lead and we followed some smaller roads through some small towns here and there until we reached Canandaigua and its Pageant of Steam. The Pageant of Steam is a huge display of working farm equipment from the early to mid-1900's. This was some of the coolest and most ingenious stuff I'd seen in a long time. Besides all the steam engines, there were loads of old "hit and miss" engines along with gas and diesel equipment. We spent hours browsing through the flea market area and then finally got to where the equipment display was. I couldn't help but be impressed by how well-built that stuff was. So well built in fact that everything was still running up to 100 years later! I saw ideas that I've never even heard of like a simple radiator where the water was dripped over a screen before settling back into a resevoir. The "hit and miss" engines have great big inertia wheels on them that allow several revolutions from one firing of the cylinder... when the governer slows to a certain speed, it allows the engine to fire again. Some of them were going 30-50 revolutions between firing with a loud 'BANG'. They turned about... I don't know... 60rpm? I've never seen anything like it. They were used to run sawmills, bailers, planes, generators, grain mills by connecting them with a great big belt and to pull plows and stuff if they had a drivetrain and axles. Some of the smaller engines were even used to run washing machines and such. It was all really cool to see for a gearhead like me.
We finally got back on the road at around 4 or 5 in the afternoon. We took a different route back to Rte. 14S, but I can't even begin to try and tell you what roads we took. It was country, that's for sure. When we stopped for gas, I had 100mi. on my trip meter. I put just under 2 gallons in the tank so I figure was getting 50mpg. Not bad at all for a 25 year old bike
When we rode through Watkins Glen, the race must've just finished because the traffic was terrible with cops directing at the major intersections. Back in Montour Falls we split up and I rode home. All together I put about 170mi. on the bike and she never missed a beat 
Next time I'm up that way I'll have to take my camera so I can share pictures with you guys. Didn't think of it this time... sorry. Hope the links are a decent substitute.
