June 13 th ride with Dave Kagan

Bicycle Ride of June 13
I pedaled 57 miles today, roundtrip between my Torbert Village home and the Village of Cedar Run, surpassing 2700 miles for the year during my ride, and waiting out downpours inside an Adirondack shelter at Camp Kline just below Ramsey Village (sharing this refuge with a couple from Williamsport out for a ride on their tandem), on the porch at McConnell’s in Waterville (sharing the picnic tables with about a dozen others and their bicycles), and on the porch at the Cedar Run General Store (all by myself, as it was 3 p.m. and the store had closed at 2).
The most omnipresent flower today was the ox-eyed daisy, growing right beside the trail, right ON the trail, and on rock cliffs above the trail along the entire route. Crown vetch were blooming pink-and-white just about everywhere along the path also.
Wood turtles were out laying their eggs in the moist gravel at the edges of the rail trail. I passed about a half dozen between Waterville and Cedar Run, all with their shells covered with the moist gravel. I also passed a milk snake sidewinding across the trail really fast in front of me just before the gate below the Village of Jersey Mills. I saw a raccoon crossing the trail just north of the snake’s location, and then I scared two does off the path up into the woods not far beyond the raccoon.
My 2 o’clock lunch at Wolfe’s General Store in Slate Run consisted of a Panini bread, roast beef and Swiss cheese sandwich (with a slice of dill pickle on the side), a bottle of spring water, and an ice cream dessert (two dips of Hershey’s ice cream—one of Rocky Road, the other of butter pecan). Great fuel for pedaling!
I didn’t come across very many people on this mostly cloudy day riddled with 30-minute downpours. One group of six arrived at McConnell’s in Waterville totally drenched; the young girl among them looked none too happy. On my return from Cedar Run, I came across a man out walking on the trail below Waterville, with his two large dogs (Labs, I think) unleashed; I yelled ahead that I was approaching, and he did grab his dogs and hold them as I passed, but I wish folks would obey the rule (dogs are to be leashed out on the trail), and be thoughtful towards other trail users.
Home by 6:30 p.m., after about eight hours out on the trail. My sneakers, socks and lower legs plastered with mud and gravel. The hot shower felt great, followed by supper and then a nice dry bed.
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