Originally Posted by
jrozzelle
We're dropping our daughter off at Colgate next week. Instead of coming home to her empty room and being depressed we're going to pedal around The Finger Lakes for a week, completely self supported.
I have done the Bon Ton Roulet twice. It's a supported tour in the Finger Lakes region. Nice area to ride in, especially for a first, unsupported tour. Nothing super difficult (for the most part), but I don't remember seeing many camping opportunities if that's what you're doing. Skaneateles is a tony town. I was somewhat disappointed with Watkins Glen. Imagined a more quiet place. The riding around Keuka Lake was really nice. There are some Amish farms in the area around Dundee, which is a bit west of the west shore of Seneca Lake. The ride from there then north on NY 14 towards Seneca was nice, though you can't see much of the lake. Cortland was probably the only meh town.
Do you have a route map? Would be interested to see it.