12.5 Mile Ride Through Old Erie Canal State Park (Dewitt to Kirkville)
Saturday, June 15, 2013
Friday, June 14, 2013
Sunday, June 09, 2013
Saturday, June 08, 2013
Friday, June 07, 2013
Thursday, June 06, 2013
HERE COMES THE RAIN AGAIN...
10.3 Mile Ride on the Mohawk Hudson Bike Path
Thursday, June 6, 2013
Once again my plans have been upended, and instead of heading out to Rochester this afternoon to spend some time with my sweetheart (not that she has a lot to spend over the next couple of days) I'm staying around here to finish up work that I didn't manage to complete this morning. As I get older I'm finding that lack of sleep is making me more and more inefficient...
Unfortunately, by the time I got over to the bike path late this afternoon, the rain had started to move in, and there were pretty steady showers the whole time I was out. Nothing like the monsoon I was briefly caught in last week, but enough to make things chilly and a little bit unpleasant. I rode out to the base of the old landfill and back... had been thinking I'd stop then (I have trouble summoning up enthusiasm for riding in the rain) but decided to head east instead for a solid ten miles.
Also unfortunately I didn't have the foresight to pack a dry shirt, so I pulled a jacket on over my damp jersey, ran the errands that needed running, and was very happy to change into clothes that were warm and especially dry once I got home.
The turtle nest from last night looked intact as I rode past it... somehow I doubt that will last.
JMH
10.3 Mile Ride on the Mohawk Hudson Bike Path
Thursday, June 6, 2013
Once again my plans have been upended, and instead of heading out to Rochester this afternoon to spend some time with my sweetheart (not that she has a lot to spend over the next couple of days) I'm staying around here to finish up work that I didn't manage to complete this morning. As I get older I'm finding that lack of sleep is making me more and more inefficient...
Unfortunately, by the time I got over to the bike path late this afternoon, the rain had started to move in, and there were pretty steady showers the whole time I was out. Nothing like the monsoon I was briefly caught in last week, but enough to make things chilly and a little bit unpleasant. I rode out to the base of the old landfill and back... had been thinking I'd stop then (I have trouble summoning up enthusiasm for riding in the rain) but decided to head east instead for a solid ten miles.
Also unfortunately I didn't have the foresight to pack a dry shirt, so I pulled a jacket on over my damp jersey, ran the errands that needed running, and was very happy to change into clothes that were warm and especially dry once I got home.
The turtle nest from last night looked intact as I rode past it... somehow I doubt that will last.
JMH
Wednesday, June 05, 2013
12.8 Mile Ride on the Mohawk Hudson Bike Path
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Another good ride tonight... legs felt decent and I "hammered" along at a good pace (for me.) Feels like I'm finally getting somewhere with my riding.
Along the way I paused to watch a heron in the small pool near the Niska Isle bridge, and on the way back stopped for a few minutes to watch a small female snapping turtle digging a hole to bury her eggs. That looked like pretty hard work - especially when it's likely a skunk will dig up the eggs and eat them.
It would have been nice to stay out for another 6-8 miles... but work was calling. On the plus side, once I get this last batch of grading done, that will be pretty much it for this school year.
JMH
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Another good ride tonight... legs felt decent and I "hammered" along at a good pace (for me.) Feels like I'm finally getting somewhere with my riding.
Along the way I paused to watch a heron in the small pool near the Niska Isle bridge, and on the way back stopped for a few minutes to watch a small female snapping turtle digging a hole to bury her eggs. That looked like pretty hard work - especially when it's likely a skunk will dig up the eggs and eat them.
It would have been nice to stay out for another 6-8 miles... but work was calling. On the plus side, once I get this last batch of grading done, that will be pretty much it for this school year.
JMH
Sunday, June 02, 2013
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