55 miles
something over 11 average speed
Millerton south to Kent in a big loop
cloudy most of the time
one heavy rainshower, but then it cleared up
this is a very pretty ride through farmlands and river valleys

practicing my pedaling technique and climbing hills
pasta and beer afterwards in Kent

Picked up where we left off last weekend.

48 miles
average speed 12.2, faster than usual due to flat terrain and trying to keep up
map

Beautiful pedestrian/bicycle bridge over Croton Reservoir
Lunch at Mexican Tres Amigos in ?Carmel, no one else there at 2:30 pm
Lots of people out enjoying the trail
Perfect weather, sunny and hot but not too humid

1.

…Joron’s work is ever conscious of otherness, especially a kind of self-estrangement that makes for the ostrananie that gives poetry its uncanny endlessness.

American Hybrid, a Norton Anthology of New Poetry, Andrew Joron Intro, page 219

2.

Manipulated by Prop Joe into ambushing Brother Mouzone – a gunsel brought down from New York to hold Barksdale territory…

HBO’s “The Wire”, Omar Little

3.

lumch

made up word, via typo

26 miles in Westchester County
From Tuckahoe Road to Tarrytown Reservoir

A rocky start with a blowout climbing a hill and a closing of the trail without any clue about a detour. But once we got rolling, it was a nice ride on an asphalt trail, very green and shady. Not too crowded.

Next time? North County Trail.