We have been pretty lucky with weather so far. We traveled east along SR28 then north on SR9 - a vacationers paradise - cabins, motels, lodges all along the way. Canoes on cars coming and going through all the small villages.
Patty having fun driving along
Notes from Jerry: Today was probably one of my favorite rides! The towns or hamlets as they are called of Old Forge and Inlet were great little mountain towns at opposite ends of a long lake that were obviously a vacation destination for many. Lots to do, hiking, biking, rafting, fishing, boating and all water sports. What was unique, as Tom mentioned, was that all of this was easy to see from the highway - something we never saw in the land of a thousand lakes, Minnesota, due to all the trees!
The best ride of the trip was along the south shore of the Fulton Lakes chain (lake #1, lake #2 etc.). With a newly paved road, gentle hills and twists and turns we really had a ball and cranked out the speed. We also solved the guu delemma - new tar = guu!
Notes from Tom: Like Jerry said, earlier in the trip we rode through the land of 10,000 lakes, and didn't get a sense being amoung lakes. Today in the Adirondacks we really enjoyed all of the lakes and little towns. One thing New York could use is some help naming lakes. As Jerry said, we saw a whole chain of lakes that were numbered. We definitely saw lakes 3 through 9, and there is no doubt that there was a 1 and 2. These little towns reminded me of some small mountain towns in Colorado, like Ouray or Lake City. Even a town that was a small dot on the map, North Creek, had a great main street and we enjoyed homemade sandwiches in a small deli. There were a lot of hills, but nothing too steep or long--just one after the other for the 90 miles we rode.
We started seeing rivers that remind me of those in Colorado--clear water flowing among the rocks. In this part of NY, even the Hudson that flows past Manhattan clear and pretty.
As we rolled into Schroon Lake, we couldn't resist a picture of a place that reminded us of Tracy.
OK. I've been gone for 10 days and I get beack and it's the same old stuff---Tom and Jerry at the lake with a fairy. Real bikers would have riden around the lake.
ReplyDeleteActually, I have a new brew to introduce into the mix after our Alaska adventure--Alaska Brewing, of course. A great Amber and their White is to die for.
Why don't you peddle down to Happy Valley and thank them for handing us a National Chamionship.