the Way of the Turtle

PAVEMENT INSTEAD OF DIRT...
7 Mile Run on the Albany County Rail Trail
Tuesday, May 31, 2016

No question, paving the rail trail has gotten many more people out on it than if they had surfaced it with stone dust. And it's going to be much easier to ride my bike on it now - though with the 6 inch dropoff to the shoulder in spots, care is definitely called.

But I still miss the softer dirt surface... sigh. Dirt-surfaced rail trails are few and far between around here... that's one area in which I am very jealous of central and western NY.

All in all, though, it's turning into a well-used and very nice outdoor resource.

And word has it that the plan is to pave the remaining section from Slingerlands to Voorheesville by the end of 2017.

JMH