the Way of the Turtle

An Easy Ride, Lots of Flood Damage
20 Miles Along the Mohawk-Hudson Bikepath
Saturday, July 8, 2006

My legs were still a bit tired from last night's run, but it was too beautiful a day to spend indoors, so after classes had wrapped up and I'd run some errands I headed over the the Schenectady County Community College parking lot and had an easy ride out to the end of the bike path in Rotterdam Junction. It was a great day for a ride, but what stood out the most was the flood damage from over a week ago. It was particularly obvious at the Schenectady end (mud on the path, trees down) and at Locks 8 and 9 (both of which were closed.) Lock 9 looked like it fared the worst of the two, with the floodwaters scouring out some deep gouges around the lock and into the bank across the river. Yet another reminder of the power of nature...

JMH