Today's ride was gorgeous- 70 miles, light breeze, hardly a cloud in the sky, and a near perfect 75F. Light traffic, even riding through the city of Utica, which I've never ridden through before. Once past Utica, I hooked up with the new Empire State Trail, which follows the Erie Canal all across the state... Pretty cool! Really nicely paved along this stretch too. I'm planning to ride about 60 miles west along the trail tomorrow, all the way to Chittenango.
So... A really good first outing to test the gear setup. I'll check back tomorrow after finishing the return trip with a brief report on day two of the "shakedown" tour of CNY. :-) One final note-- definitely a good omen :-).. . While riding along NY Rt. 12 south of Utica this morning, I found a cell phone lying on the shoulder of the road- pretty much out in the middle of nowhere. After arriving here in Little Falls, I turned it on, and while it was locked, the home screen listed a bunch of missed calls from a number with an Albany area code. So, I gave it a call on my phone, and sure enough, found the person who lost the phone! She asked where I was, and said she'd come by and get it on her way back to Albany this evening. So I left it for her at the motel front desk and headed out to dinner. When I got back to the room, the front desk called and said that "Susan had left an envelope for me." ...and in the envelope she left a nice thank you note, and $100 !! Sometimes the world still surprised you :-)
No comments:
Post a Comment