Easier than Day 3: A little shorter and way less hot! First 20 miles on road, surface streets and state highways, to get back north to the canal. From there, mostly on the towpath, smooth crushed stone. The small towns turned out again. One of them gave me two hot dogs for lunch! Lots of canal history on this leg I took many photos of canal infrastructure and interpretive signs. Many of the small towns were established around the original canal, and then suffered, within a few years, when the canal was widened and moved out of town. The last few miles into Syracuse were on road, with hills. I rode an extra hill, Tipperary Hill, to fill my Zojirushi at Recess Coffee, a favorite of Erie Canal riders. The campground is in Burnet Park adjacent to the Rosamond Gifford Zoo, where we'll have dinner and breakfast. It's already much cooler, so it should be a more comfortable night in the tent.