the lost soldier the ultimate price to pay

friday july 11th 2008 its been a rainny nasty day today but its finally cleared up iam on 104 west its been a hilly ride but not real tough iam in walcott new york at a bar called ryanos just kickin back drinking budweiser iam about out of the state of new york rochester niagara falls and buffalo are next its totally different lifestyles in southern and northern new york ive met alot of people born and raised in new york who have never been to new york city heres something crazy in new york you cant smoke in public places but you can in what they call cigar bars just a few buildings down from this bar is a cigar bar as i sit in this bar the conversation of who to blame is different these two men are blameing the american indians for sponging off the government saturday july 12th 2008 iam in alton new york at a restaurant called the alton coffee shop as i was talking to people about my journeys someone paid for my breakfast lastnight i just pitched my tent in a cornfield and went to sleep its a beautiful morning in the state of new york iam about 32 miles from rochester its been a long ride thru the state of new york but a peaceful ride and physically pretty easy the hills have been low grade long rolling hills nothing tough saturday july 8th 2008 iam in clarkston new york at a bar called ridge house just kicking back on hwy 104 west i called pastor savage my license arrived hes on vacation i will get it thursday heres something crazy a pitcher of beer 7.00 a pack of cigarettes 7.50 monday july 14th 2008 its a beautiful morning in the state of new york last night i partied awhile found a place to roll out my sleeping bag and went to sleep iam about 50 miles from niagara falls new york its a beautiful morning and iam ready to get out of new york after niagara falls its back to cincinnati ohio to see keith and carolyn maupin