New York Northwoods

Today was a good day. I knocked off 88.2 miles while starting to build some elevation again before getting into the mountains of New York, Vermont, and New Hampshire. And it was a beautiful fall day to boot! I started the day below 400-feet of elevation in New Haven and ended at about 1700-feet of elevation in Old Forge with 5249 feet of climbing throughout the day.

I'm going to post quite a few pictures, with explanations, of course, and then mention a couple non-visual things at the end of today's post.

Shortly after my 8:35am start, I encountered a cemetery with a "Patriot Sign." I saw a "Patriot Sign" at a cemetery yesterday and I was in too much of a hurry to stop. While riding past it, I noticed that it said, "At least five patriots are buried here..." That was either in Williamson or Pultneyville or somewhere around there.

I passed over the Salmon River not far from the inlet to Lake Ontario (in Port Ontario) this morning. There were a couple dozen people fishing from the bridge, but only on the west side (lake side). I didn't see anybody catching anything, but I only stopped long enough to take a picture.

In the town of Osceola, I initially rode by the World Famous Osceola Hotel without stopping for a picture. After all, since it's World Famous, I'm sure everybody knows of it and has seen it before. But for the one or two readers who are perhaps uninformed, I figured I should let you know what you've been missing, so I doubled back to get a quick photo. The lady smoking a cigarette (looker's left side of the porch) made sure to tell me all about the turtle races that are held every early July...but I'm sure you all knew about that too. You have to catch your own turtle and then return it to its home after the races.

Not far out of town, I rode past the Osceola Ski & Sport Resort. I saw no chairlifts or ski runs, so I figured it was a Nordic skiing area. A visit to their website from the hotel this evening confirmed it.

In the afternoon, I was getting into the Adirondacks a little more and the scenery kept getting better. This is the Black River.




These four pictures are from the Moose River near McKeever.

And now for the non-visual topics.

I met another transcontinental cyclist today. Sebastian is a much-younger-man-than-me from Quebec and he's riding from Canada to Mexico. He has 90 days to complete his adventure and he just started from Montreal a few days ago. (He did not give a reason for the 90-day limitation.) He was quite heavily loaded with quite a lot of bikepacking gear and "extras." I noted a skateboard strapped crosswise across his rear pannier racks and a Bialetti Moka espresso maker dangling by its handle on the pack between his handlebars. We chatted for a few minutes and I wished him "Tailwinds."

Tomorrow I will get deep into the Adirondacks and I expect the terrain to be even hillier than today. I expect it will be fairly challenging at times and that I'll log a substantial climbing total for the day.






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