Next few days for me

Got back from Ithaca around 5:30 pm. Stiff from too many hours in the car and sore from climbing the hills and stairs of Cornell, sometimes wearing my trademark cowboy boots (thanks goodness we missed climbing to the top of the Bell Tower by seconds - two hundred some-odd stairs wearing those boots...). Threw bike in back and headed up to reservoir. Awesomely beautiful evening - sun was setting in the west and as the ride went on it sunk completely out of sight, while the 3/4 full moon rose in the east, wind was gentle but cool. A gift to be there. Rode for 10 miles then called it a night and drove home.

Next few days for me

Monday -  available from 2 pm until evening
Tuesday - no go - up in Troy all day (I will try to find a place to ride up there; if anyone knows a good ride in the Albany area do tell).
Wednesday - available from ~ 4 pm until eveing
Thursday - 2 pm until 6:30 pm
Friday - 4 pm until 7:00 pm

I have been mentally cataloging the routes we have been riding based on the length of the route and using commonly referenced landmarks. For instance, the east end parking circle where we usually begin is commonly known as "the Frying Pan" and I have come to think of one pass across the top of the dyke road and back as "Route I". I like to think that, if the east end lot i" the Frying Pan", the west end lot on 28A is "the Fire", so that one circuit of Route I takes you from the Frying Pan to the Fire and back. I will post my "taxonomy of routes" later this week.

Peace

Four-Eyes