Wednesday, July 31, 2019
Tuesday, July 30, 2019
Thursday, July 25, 2019
Monday, July 22, 2019
A FUN RAINY EVENING IN THE WOODS
REBUILDING 2019 - Race #31
New Paltz Summer XC Series #3 -
Williams Lake 4mi Trail Race
Monday, July 22, 2019
Bike 0 mi, 0 hr 0 min
Snowshoe 16.3 mi, 5 hr 57 min
Kayak 0 mi, 0 hr 0 min
states visited: CT, MA, NY, PA, RI, VT
REBUILDING 2019 - Race #31
New Paltz Summer XC Series #3 -
Williams Lake 4mi Trail Race
Monday, July 22, 2019
2019 Event Totals
Run 131.0 mi, 36 hr 55 minBike 0 mi, 0 hr 0 min
Snowshoe 16.3 mi, 5 hr 57 min
Kayak 0 mi, 0 hr 0 min
states visited: CT, MA, NY, PA, RI, VT
Sunday, July 21, 2019
Saturday, July 20, 2019
Thursday, July 18, 2019
Wednesday, July 17, 2019
Tuesday, July 16, 2019
Monday, July 15, 2019
REBUILDING 2019 - Race #30
New Paltz Summer XC Series #2 -
River to Ridge 5k Trail Race
(+ 2 Mi Walk To/From the Start/Finish)
Monday, July 15, 2019
Bike 0 mi, 0 hr 0 min
Snowshoe 16.3 mi, 5 hr 57 min
Kayak 0 mi, 0 hr 0 min
states visited: CT, MA, NY, PA, RI, VT
New Paltz Summer XC Series #2 -
River to Ridge 5k Trail Race
(+ 2 Mi Walk To/From the Start/Finish)
Monday, July 15, 2019
2019 Event Totals
Run 127.0 mi, 35 hr 55 minBike 0 mi, 0 hr 0 min
Snowshoe 16.3 mi, 5 hr 57 min
Kayak 0 mi, 0 hr 0 min
states visited: CT, MA, NY, PA, RI, VT
EARLY MORNING VISITORS
Monday, July 15, 2019
Heard the squirrel baffle rattle pre-dawn, so I took a look out the window and it turned out a raccoon was pulling corn off the Squirrel-fit bungee. And a few moments later two smaller raccoons joined him (or more likely her - I'm guessing mom and two youngsters, from the way they were acting.) Unfortunately, something startled them a minute or two later and they disappeared under the fence.
I kept an eye out to see if they'd come back and heard a commotion up in the tree overhanging my back yard - at first I thought it was the racoons or maybe squirrels, but the silhouettes looked like possums - unfortunately the lighting was poor enough that I can't be sure.
JMH
Monday, July 15, 2019
Heard the squirrel baffle rattle pre-dawn, so I took a look out the window and it turned out a raccoon was pulling corn off the Squirrel-fit bungee. And a few moments later two smaller raccoons joined him (or more likely her - I'm guessing mom and two youngsters, from the way they were acting.) Unfortunately, something startled them a minute or two later and they disappeared under the fence.
I kept an eye out to see if they'd come back and heard a commotion up in the tree overhanging my back yard - at first I thought it was the racoons or maybe squirrels, but the silhouettes looked like possums - unfortunately the lighting was poor enough that I can't be sure.
JMH
Thursday, July 11, 2019
Wednesday, July 10, 2019
Tuesday, July 09, 2019
Monday, July 08, 2019
Sunday, July 07, 2019
SUNFLOWERS
Sunday, July 7, 2019
I tried planting some flower seeds out front - in the initial batch, it seemed like only one sunflower survived (the one which is currently blooming.) So I added more sunflowers (which are so far doing well) and also some mixed "wildflower" seeds which may or may not grow into something substantial - time will tell.
Sunday, July 7, 2019
I tried planting some flower seeds out front - in the initial batch, it seemed like only one sunflower survived (the one which is currently blooming.) So I added more sunflowers (which are so far doing well) and also some mixed "wildflower" seeds which may or may not grow into something substantial - time will tell.
Saturday, July 06, 2019
Wednesday, July 03, 2019
Tuesday, July 02, 2019
END-TO-END-TO-END, Year 4:
TOUGH GOING DUE TO TRAIL CONSTRUCTION
16 Mile Ride on the Erie Canalway Trail (Albion - Knowlesville)
Tuesday, July 2, 2019
Drove over to Albion this morning, figuring I'd head west and extend my mileage on my Erie Canalway Trail End-to-End-to-End quest by a bit. Medina is a round trip of about 22 miles from there, and I thought I might even manage Middleport (32 miles there and back.)
Except - the previously hard-packed trail had been clearly resurfaced recently. The first few miles weren't too bad - the stone dust was fairly well compacted - but then I hit a stretch where the surface was a lot looser and found myself working a lot harder than I'd expected. It certainly didn't help that I hadn't switch to my wider tires, though I'm not sure they would have made much of a difference.
A little over 6 miles down the trail, I passed the Knowlesville lift bridge, and hit a double whammy - even looser stone dust, and I could see construction equipment on the trail up ahead. So at that point I decided enough was enough and turned around to trudge back to Albion.
Once I got back I decided to try heading east for a while, just to get a few more miles in... again, nothing awful, but more difficult than I remember the trail being two years ago when Ann and I rode there. After a couple of miles I decided to call it a day and headed back to the car.
A little research reveals that the Canal Corporation has been doing work on the embankments between Middleport and a couple miles east of Albion and will be resurfacing the trail to fix where its been torn up by the heavy equipment. All in all a good thing, but not if you're trying to ride those sections... they even recommend some on-road detours (which may explain why it looked like the Cycle the Erie Canal markers at Knowlesville were coming toward the path from the road rather than from the Canalway Trail.)
So - not exactly a stellar start to what I had hoped would be my final year of chipping away at the Canalway Trail. But even a few miles is better than nothing, right? (And at least I rode for longer than the driving time to Albion and back...)
JMH
TOUGH GOING DUE TO TRAIL CONSTRUCTION
16 Mile Ride on the Erie Canalway Trail (Albion - Knowlesville)
Tuesday, July 2, 2019
Drove over to Albion this morning, figuring I'd head west and extend my mileage on my Erie Canalway Trail End-to-End-to-End quest by a bit. Medina is a round trip of about 22 miles from there, and I thought I might even manage Middleport (32 miles there and back.)
Except - the previously hard-packed trail had been clearly resurfaced recently. The first few miles weren't too bad - the stone dust was fairly well compacted - but then I hit a stretch where the surface was a lot looser and found myself working a lot harder than I'd expected. It certainly didn't help that I hadn't switch to my wider tires, though I'm not sure they would have made much of a difference.
A little over 6 miles down the trail, I passed the Knowlesville lift bridge, and hit a double whammy - even looser stone dust, and I could see construction equipment on the trail up ahead. So at that point I decided enough was enough and turned around to trudge back to Albion.
Once I got back I decided to try heading east for a while, just to get a few more miles in... again, nothing awful, but more difficult than I remember the trail being two years ago when Ann and I rode there. After a couple of miles I decided to call it a day and headed back to the car.
A little research reveals that the Canal Corporation has been doing work on the embankments between Middleport and a couple miles east of Albion and will be resurfacing the trail to fix where its been torn up by the heavy equipment. All in all a good thing, but not if you're trying to ride those sections... they even recommend some on-road detours (which may explain why it looked like the Cycle the Erie Canal markers at Knowlesville were coming toward the path from the road rather than from the Canalway Trail.)
So - not exactly a stellar start to what I had hoped would be my final year of chipping away at the Canalway Trail. But even a few miles is better than nothing, right? (And at least I rode for longer than the driving time to Albion and back...)
JMH
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