Right on! Used to date a girl who studied at Fredonia, so I know the area. I didn't think there were any other tourists around here.

I've toured around WNY pretty extensively, yes, though I'm more of a bike camper. I like the Buffalo to Letchworth ride a lot, and I do weekend stealth camps at various state parks and public use lands within 60 miles of here.

If I have the time, I like to tackle Buffalo-to-Allegheny. If you ever decide to tour there, there's an old service road that cuts into the Appalachian trail and empties out into the, uh, metropolis of Steamburg, NY, where you don't have to take the giant hill into or out of the park on a loaded bike. It's kind of hard to spot, but the exit onto this road from inside the park is right at exit 19 just before the highway.

For real international touring stuff, I've only ever really taken the Bike Friday through 500 miles of Thailand along the Andaman Sea. When I lived in California I pretty much functioned like I do here, bike camping, only through miles and miles of excellent vineyards. You?