Oss, I can't thank you enough for taking me riding around your great state of New York. I
had a great time! I don't know if I could live here, because if I did, where would there be
to ride that was better than my own back yard (your back yard, you know). I'd put this ride up beside Colorado, Michigan,
Tennessee, and North Carolina as far as great roads and beautiful
places to ride. Who would have thunk that there was such beauty so close to New York City?
The trees were just starting to turn and the roads were lightly traveled. The only snafu
was the road closing due to the bicycle ride, but we got to ride the Goat Trail coming down
the mountain and it was awesome. Here are a few pics that I took along the way. I didn't
feel comfortable enough to take pictures while riding and didn't have a mount on your bike,
but I still got some good shots....
These pictures are of the Croton Dam...built in 1892 completely from hand carved stones!
Back side of the dam.
Water shed and spillway...
Spill way, all hand carved stones!!
Plaqaues showing date built and history.
Rainbow in the mist at the bottom of the spillway.
From below the dam. All that water is held back by the dam on the right...
This was the overlook that we stopped at. You could see a long way in both directions. It
was complete with a train track that went through a tunnel directly under us and other bikes
out for a ride on a beautiful day.
This was a small man made island in the middle of the water below, complete with a house.
Oss will have to tell you the name of it, but it has poision ivy and undetonated ordanances
on it.
Picture of the bikes at the overlook we stopped at.
Gman at the overlook...
Train track that tunnels under where we are standing, only about 800-1000 feet down.
This was where we ate lunch, The Stadium, sports bar and sports museum.
This is the Heisman Trophy they have on display up high in a display case.
This is the display case just inside the door to the place! There are at least 100 other cases filled with signed jerseys, signed balls, signed pictures, signed pucks, bats, and any other thing of value that can be signed and placed in a display case. I saw most famous football players jerseys, except Earl Campbell. Even Nolan Ryan has a signed picture and signed baseball in this place.
Again, I had a great time riding with Oss and Gman. I would ride with you two anytime. The
beemer is a nice bike, just different from the Valk. I seemed to sit a bit higher, or so it
seemed.
Thanks for letting me ride your 2nd bike!
Tell Bonnie HI for me and I'll see ya down the road!
Hay
Jimmyt
