Today we left the hotel early because we had forecasted rain. We left the city and immediately encountered a lot of uphills, which we would keep on encountering today with very few downhill portions. We had lunch next to a horse field. After a particularly nasty set of uphill sections, we had a “coasting contest” […]
Today we woke up well-rested from our hotel sleep, and enjoyed a glorious breakfast buffet. We had a day to explore all Albany has to offer! We toured the NY State Capitol, feasted on local donuts and then traveled vertically to the observation deck of Corning Tower to see the city from above. We ventured […]
We started our day by waking up, in what was basically a sauna (aka our tents in direct sunlight). Then we made breakfast and ate on a porch. After that we biked to Stewart’s for some ice cream. Stewart’s receives a 6 out of 10 for style because it wasn’t styled like an ice cream […]
Today after waking up early, we made our way to a diner and ate breakfast. I had too many (cinnamon raisin) pancakes. And then we continued on to a small orchard and picked blueberries and got peaches. Then we went to a different farm and got more fruits and vegetables; we ate lunch there. We […]
Today we woke up and ate a delish hotel breakfast with MANY waffles. We biked the Duchess Rail Trail to the Walkway Over the Hudson, where we crossed over the Hudson River on the famous pedestrian bridge. We ate lunch and continued our route North to the FDR house. After we walked through the museum, […]
Today we woke up a little sweaty and bitten by mosquitos (#camplife) and ate oatmeal and biked to the grocery store. We biked, picniced at the park and talked about Australia and the great Emu war. Then we biked a really long downhill stretch, and the only working speedometer is in kilometers. We biked to […]
Today we met at Dobbs Ferry in the morning and tried to maneuver our bikes into an elevator. We biked to a nearby grocery store and did some meal planning and grocery shopping. After a short ride on a bike path, we stopped for lunch next to a lake and enjoyed the company of the […]
This morning anxious Trekkers and Trip Leaders met to begin their 16 day, 400+ mile adventure up the Hudson Valley, through the Adirondacks, cornering Vermont, and into Quebec, Canada to Montreal. Once assembled the group played some ice-breaker games, talked about bike safety & rules of the road and then headed north along the Saw […]
Our day started with a simple breakfast in our hostel. While we ate we looked at maps of Montreal to plan out our day. We explored the beautiful old French quarter in which our hostel is located. We first stopped at the Notre-Dame Basilica, which was a breath taking old cathedral. Then grabbed some lunch […]
WE MADE IT!! The Montreal skyline finally peaked over the horizon today and from there we took the scenic route along the St. Lawrence River as we peddled the final stretch into the city. As we got closer and closer to the city itself, we found ourselves surrounded by increasingly many cyclists. One of them […]