The Adirondack Mountains

Before I get started with today's ride and pictures, I have an addendum to yesterday's post. Shortly after I posted my blog entry for yesterday, I heard loons through the open window of our cabin on Fourth Lake of the Fulton Chain. I've only ever heard loons on videos or audio recordings before, never in person. Although it was after dark and I couldn't see anything, I could hear the loons on the lake! I know it's a small thing, but I was happy to hear loons in person for the first time.

We woke up this morning to a fairly thick fog. It wasn't as thick as what we experienced in Bismarck, North Dakota, but it was enough to delay my ride start for almost two hours. I finally started turning the pedals just a few minutes before 10am.

It turned out to be a nice day for riding. The temperatue topped out in the mid- to high-70s with a light breeze and mostly sunny conditions all day. I ended up logging another 84.6 miles and nearly 5200 feet of climbing. The numbers were similar to yesterday. I have now ridden through the Adirondacks and most of New York State. I'll finish off New York tomorrow morning and ride into Vermont.

I didn't take many pictures today. It was a beautiful ride through the Adirondack Park, but it was hard to get good pictures. The only photos I took were long shots of some of the mountains.



I also found out this evening that the Ticonderoga Ferry that I was planning to use tomorrow to cross Lake Champlain into Vermont has ceased operation for this year due to low water levels. Normally it runs through the second weekend of October, but it stopped running two weeks ago. So I have just spent the last hour or so figuring out how to get into Vermont tomorrow. I'm going to detour north to the Lake Champlain Bridge. I'll spend most of the day off my originally planned route and as such, I'm also backing off on my mileage a bit. We'll see how it goes.

At this point, I have less than 300 miles to complete my ride to Portland, Maine. I'm planning to finish my ride on Friday afternoon (October 3rd) at the Portland Head Light (lighthouse).

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