 I'm Ryan. And I'm Allie. After falling in love, we decided to ride bikes across America, collecting love advice along the way. This is Love Cycles. No flatties, no wannies, no crannies. Pretty cool, we're over there packing up camp and I start hearing noises over here at the lock and it's actually working. We're seeing a boat come through here. So how many boats a day come through here? Let's see this time of year three or four. Oh, that's it? Okay. This is a slow time. After Labor Day, they'll start heading back. It's fun to see this thing come to life. Wow, so these are the original photos. From 1914, 1916. This was this lock, lock 20. 1915. All right, we are all packed up, ready to go. And it's crazy to think about this, but we only have three riding days to get to New Paltz and then another day to New York. Four days left of riding. For so long, the trip has been like, oh, we're so far from New York. We're in Moorgate. We're in Idaho. We're in Wyoming. New York seemed like it was impossible. Now we're really, really close. Feels amazing. It's a mixed feelings. It's really, really exciting to be getting so close to New York and to the end of the trip because it's a big thing to bike all the way across the country. But it's also kind of sad. I don't know what I'm going to do when I wake up in the morning and I'm not going out to ride my bike and it's going to be sad to be sleeping inside all the time again. So it's, yeah, it's mixed feelings. It's been such an incredible experience. Some parts of the canal path look like you're riding through a fairy tale and this is definitely one of them. There we go. Let's go a little bit faster. So faster, we were not going to fall over. Fuck, we're so close. Okay, we got this. We got this. Our first riding kiss and we're very excited about it. We've been talking about it since day one and we just haven't, you know, thought it was a good idea because we didn't want to crash and break our bikes and break our bodies, but now we're so close to the goal. We're like, let's give it a shot. We did it. We rolled and we touched tongues. It was beautiful. We camped at a lock yesterday. This is also a lock, but it is gigantic. Yeah, there's a lock over there and then we have a giant dam here. The dam is making a lot of noise. Damn. It's like we have a waterfall, except it's actually a dam. Yeah. Thank you, Planet Earth for another beautiful day. Very canal trail and it has been such an incredible trail. We're going to be sad to leave it and we are going to keep on going down to New Paul to spend a couple days in my family before making the final 100 mile push down to the city. Here we canal trail. We will miss you because it has been an absolute dream. We have made it to Albany, the capital of New York and it is really pretty. We are crossing the Hudson River now. I'm going to head down the Hudson for a little bit, head straight south toward New Paul. It's kind of surreal to be this close. We are celebrating our arrival on the Hudson River with a little bit of chocolate fudge browning. They didn't have fish food. So close to your hometown. We are. Yeah. It's going to be awesome to see my family. You know what we're doing right now? Something we haven't done in a long time. Riding up a hill. We've been on rail trails for the past 500 miles. And before that, like just flat farmland. This is the first hills we've felt in a while. It's good. Explain what's going on here. Well, our new friend. We've been stalking you for the past two months. We've been stalking us for two months. Brought us down this amazing feast. Since you were complaining in one of your midwestern towns that you didn't have beans. So what would make you want to drive two hours to find us? Because your adventures are something we've always wanted to do, but we work all the time. And you don't have, we can't take two months off or three months off to have fun like you guys did. I'm retiring next year. So it's given me ideas. I have a friend that's not, well, she's around 10 years younger than I am. But my other friend is retiring also. And your Cuba trip, we want to go to Cuba. So this is how you do it too. You use that camera. Yes, that's how I did. This is how it happens. All I do is hold up this camera and put it on YouTube. Wow, this food looks incredible. Can't thank you enough for the effort you put into this. Let's have a cheers to new friends and new adventurers. And to making it. This right here is the definition of road magic. You know, we're here in the city park in the middle of nowhere. Patty contacts us on Instagram and says, hey, I'd love to come meet you. She drives two hours, brings us a meal. And now we have a new friend and life is beautiful. That was really special and two incredible women too. Yeah, absolutely. We got to hear all their stories in life and they want to get after it. And I love it. People who want to get after are my kind of people. Yeah, such a sense of adventure. And I mean, it's adventurous coming out here from such a special. Yeah, she made this special taco salad and brought all of our favorite stuff. And she's like, Ryan, I know you know, drink. So here's a root beer. And she really paid attention to detail. This is, this is a great last night before new faults. Yeah, reminder, just reinforcement of all the beautiful things that we've been remembering, recalling, learning about, about our fellow humans out here, about how the amazing people that we're surrounded by. With Patty and Connie in the city park and when they left it was dark. So we hid ourselves in this little cubby hole over here. It's wet. It's like a swamp. Time for the cuddle monster. It's the last day. Go to new falls. You do not smell very good. We are sticky. Gotta look good for Allie's family. We're riding to your hometown today. How do you feel about that? I am super excited for us to be cruising towards the new falls. We're going to be riding in on the rail trail where I learned to ride a bike and that you see my major mode of transportation, like my friend's houses and into town and stuff because I didn't have a car. So I bike there on the rail trail. It really does feel like home to be in a place that's just so fertile and so green and so lush and the rolling old hills and the old Victorian architecture. I just love the beautiful buildings. My family is amazing. There's a lot of them and it is so much fun when we're all together. We did it to the last 20 miles of trail into new falls and that is my beloved rail trail. It's got black dirt which is different than any of the other rail trails that we've ridden on. Here to greet us is my brother-in-law Jason and he's going to ride this last 20 miles into town with us. We're going to go buy my childhood home. We're going to go buy actually three homes that I lived in once upon a time and it'll take us all the way into new falls. I haven't been home in a year and gosh I've pretty much never introduced boys to them. There are these really cool caves in this area. A lot of the area has been mined out for the limestone but some of the trails grow through the caves and we used to throw some raging parties in the caves. Bands would come and play in them and they'd be like these crazy rave things. It's really fun. Hello! I grew up with this is a small part of my family. The beginning of my family. Diane was my neighbor growing up. Still lives here. Elaine's my godmother and Bruce is one of my, probably one of my father. Allie where are we going to go now? We're going to go on a little tour of where I grew up. So my stepfather named this road after me because well I lived in both the houses. My mom built a house on this road and my father built a house on this road. My mom and my stepdad built this when I was about 10 and my mom made the garden as big as the house. So when I was just a sparkle in my daddy's eye my parents decided to get together with a group of friends six families and buy this property. They bought 200 acres and most of that was communal land but each family got a couple acres for their own private plot. So a lot of the people who created this community together are still here. This is the first house that I lived in here and my mother my father built it together and it is still a really special place for me. This land will always feel like home to me. The community here, the people, the cliffs, the pond, the river, all the houses that I lived in officially and unofficially but again most importantly the people. It'll always feel like home no matter how long I'm away when I come back. It's still my land. Welcome to my brother Wyatt's house. We're here for a big family celebration and though my family is really tight there's not a lot of opportunities for us all to get together like this because my mom and my dad and my sister live in Colorado so do I. So they're all here and we are going to have a super fun time tonight before we do the last 100 miles in Blue City. Well you guys should recognize this one. This is my mother. How's it feel to see us at the end of the trip? I am very happy but it's not quite the end. We've got 100 miles and I keep my fingers crossed and say my prayers every morning. No crashes, no smashing, no sliding. You gotta make it that 100 miles. Get that wheel in the Atlantic Ocean and then I'll be relaxed all the more. So we have to finish quickly so my mom doesn't die of anxiety is what she's saying. Who is this lovely lady? This is my sister Jeffy. This is my aunt Mary Ellen and she was one of the first people who greeted me when I came into this world. That's true. These are some of my nieces and nephews and some other ones we just acquire kids in this family. Hey guys. Can we introduce you on camera dad? Am I presentable? I'm getting you presentable. You may recognize this one. This is my very own father Peter. Yeah I think the one and only. The one and only. What would make you want to drive three full days to New York to come and see Allie in New Falls? Well, so I had to see the end of the trip. It's such an amazing adventure. Size order. Oh size order. Wait a second. I should be on time. Oh no, Leah's taller. What are my very own sisters? Leah, Shiloh and Jesse. And you can tell they were sisters because we all have the same. Oh I have to take my pants off. Well that's okay. You have to take your pants off. Look at that. She's your little baby sister. Yep and I cried every time I watched one of the films. I cried every single time. Sorry I keep stepping on your toes. Yeah it's awesome. It's amazing. It's beautiful. It's such an amazing experience. It's an amazing experience for you and Ryan to do together. You know like most people never have an experience like that together. Really interesting. But if there's anyone who's gonna do it, it's gonna be Allie. If there's anyone who says would you actually like to bike from one coast to another like in two weeks, you'd be like sure yeah that's fine. Most other of us probably wouldn't have made that decision. So we weren't surprised but we're so happy and so proud of us. Nice job. Look at that. You're flying like a monkey. There's nothing I love more in life than launching kids on swings. It brings joy to them and to me right? This is my dear sister-in-law Marissa. Thanks for having us. You are so welcome. Here we have my brother Morgan and my sister-in-law Megan and I hardly ever get to see these two so this is a very special occasion. Hi. Hi. So my family loves good food and we love to eat so whenever we get together a big gathering like this everyone will bring a dish and usually it's made with the local fresh ingredients that they can find. It's maybe from their garden and it turns into a big gourmet party. What's going on here ladies? We have our special cake here. How long did it take you to make that? Two days. Two days of what what are all the ingredients and what's it called? It's a chocolate truffle strawberry cake. Yeah. Wonderful to see all the friends and family. I miss you guys like crazy and I just can't tell you how special it is to be here at the end of this like crazy journey and coming back home. That cake was good. It's been really fun to get to know your whole family and spend some time here in New Paltz. Thank you for letting me be part of your family. Yeah. Thanks for coming here and spending time with them. I really can't tell you how much it's meant to me to have a few days here just to like chill and relax and introduce you to them so you can know you know what you're getting into. This trip has been so long and so short in so many ways but we have one night we wake up tomorrow and we have 100 miles exactly to New York City our final day of riding. We got this. No crashies, no whammies, no flatties, no flatties.