Today, I rode 30 miles. Thirty miles down here in hill country is like 50 up north. It was a tough ride, but very scenic and fragrant. There are so many flowering trees blooming right now, the air literally reeks flowers! There are honeysuckle everywhere (my favorite fragrance), lilacs also abound and there is another fragrant tree the flourishes here, but I don't know what it is. The flowers are light pink.
I stopped at a restaurant for lunch called The Cove. It's right on the shore of Seneca Lake. I saw people all over the shores of the lake fishing today. There weren't very many boats out there, it was too doggone windy!
Now if you don't believe me about the hills, I'm including a profile of the route that I created on De Lorme Topo Map. To get a better view of it and be able to read the statistics, click on the profile and it will get bigger.
The first big climb is on Yoker Valley Road. Tough Climb, but once you start downhill, you don't have to peddal again for at least 2 miles! New Gottengen, near the end of the ride, is also really tough, and that last downhill is one of those that you keep your brake on the whole time.
Sharon
