The Wallkill Valley, Shawangunk and Walden rail trail (or rather rail trails) span from Walden, NY to Rosendale, NY, roughly in the North-South direction. I am not exactly sure on the whole nomenclature issue but it is very easy to ride all three trails together, in one day and at a very leisurely place. The surface of the trails varies as does the marking. The Walden rail trail is pretty much as good as it gets – of course – depending on your standards. What I mean that it is paved in its entirety, very well marked with stop signs and proper road crossings. And if you start in Walden like we did, slightly downhill. The second part of the ride is for all intents and purposes unmaintained singletrack, followed by riding on roads to the trailhead of the Wallkill Valley Rail Trail on Denniston Road. Wallkill Rail Trail is unpaved, mostly packed dirt and crushed stone, with some patches (mostly around New Paltz, NY) of variously degraded asphalt.
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Bicycling on Wallkill Valley, Shawangunk and Walden Rail Trails
June 14th, 2011 · No Comments · Adventure, Bicycling, Personal, Photography, Travel
Tags: Andi·Bicycling·biking·cycling·Hudson Valley·mud·New Paltz·New York·Rail Trail·Rosendale·Walden·Wallkill
Bicycling from Maine Coast to North Central Massachusetts
June 14th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Adventure, Bicycling, Photography, Travel
This was another one of those plans that hatched this past winter, while the snow lingered outside and I was laying on the floor in front of the TV planning future bike trips on mapmyride.com. For this particular plan, however, lot of things had to come together – and perfectly at that. First, the weather had to be decent – at least – as I was planning to ride lite (no panniers). Second, the ride had to coincide with out visit to Andi’s parents in Lunenburg, MA. And third, because the train was leaving from Boston North Station, there would have to be a good reason for someone to drop me off in Boston with my bike. In this case, Andi’s college reunion planned for the weekend worked just fine.
Tags: adventure·Bicycling·bike ride·cycling·Lunenburg·Maine·Massachusetts·Nashua·New Hampshire·Photography·riding·Travel
TD Bank 5Boro Bike Tour 2011
May 18th, 2011 · No Comments · Bicycling, Personal, Photography
I am not really sure how the envelope with the flyer for this event got mailed to me in the first place. But man, am I glad it did. I shared it with the usual suspects and the decision was made to partake. Even though there were 32000 spots available, I assumed they would go rather quickly. After all, who in their right mind, would want to pass up an opportunity to ride the completely car free streets of New York City, visiting Manhattan, The Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and eventually Staten Island?
Tags: 5 Boro·Bicycling·bike·Brooklyn·Central Park·Manhattan·Matt·Millicent·New York City·Queens·State Island·TD·The Bronx·tour·Verrazano Bridge
Bicycling On Long Island: The Great Peconic Loop
April 6th, 2011 · 6 Comments · Bicycling, Long Island, Personal, Photography, Travel
Another beautiful Sunday was ahead of us and the weather was just begging for a long ride. It seemed like it was a good time push the boundaries a bit so we opted for a ~110 mile ride, which will henceforth be known as the “The Great Peconic Loop”.
Tags: Bicycling·biking·century ride·cycling·day trip·ferry·GPS track·Long Island·North Fork·Shelter Island·South Fork·Suffolk County
Doing Fun Things in 2011
March 20th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Bicycling, Miscellaneous, Personal, Travel
Perhaps posting my travel/adventure plans for 2011 will make me more likely to stick to them. And maybe not. Regardless here the first three I am already registered for. More to come later.
Tags: adventure·biking·century ride·cycling·Long Island·Montauk·New York·race·Tough Mudder·tour
Lunenburg, MA to Nashua, NH via Nashua River Rail Trail
December 20th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Bicycling, Personal, Photography, Travel
Unusually warm weather forecast for Tuesday (November 23, 2010) offered perhaps the last chance for a not-completely-freezing bike ride of 2010. Definitely for me as the next time we come to these parts it will be the end of December. My plan was to head west-ish out of Lunenburg to Ayer, MA where the Nashua River Rail Trail begins. After following the trail past the Massachusetts/New Hampshire border I would take side streets back towards Lunenburg. All in all about 39 miles.
Tags: Bicycling·biking·cycling·GPS track·Massachusetts·Nashua·New Hampshire·Rail Trail
Lunenburg, MA to Milford, NH Bicycle Ride
May 19th, 2010 · 5 Comments · Bicycling
We had about 10 days before flying to Slovakia for an early vacation (and preemptive honeymoon) and needed to take care of a few things in Massachusetts before the wedding. There was some dead time on Sunday morning so I decided to bring my bike along and do a long(er) ride. Long Island is a miserable place for bike riding (especially longer rides), barring those few roads on East End. Add to that drivers who feel invincible and you have an extremely unpleasant combination. Anyway. The plan was to head out around 6:30AM and be done before noon, completing about 50 miles.
Tags: Bicycling·biking·cycling·GPS track·Lunenburg·Mason rail trail·Massachusetts·Milford·New Hampshire·photo·video
Bicycling on Long Island: Westhampton Barrier Island
May 11th, 2010 · 5 Comments · Bicycling, Geocaching, Long Island
After last weeks inaugural ride of 2010, we headed to the Westhampton Barrier Island which lies to the south of Long island. There are several outer barrier islands lining the south shore of Long Island – Westhampton, Long Beach, Fire Island or Jones Beach. Westhampton barrier island is terminated by the Shinnecock inlet in the east and by the Moriches inlet in the west. It is not the longest of the four, but it is the only one that has an asphalt road spanning from one end to another AND is not entirely covered by obnoxious suburbia.
Tags: Andi·Beach·Bicycling·Geocaching·Long Island·Millicent·South Shore·Westhampton
Vacation in Slovakia 2009 (Bicycling: T. Jaseno – Jasenska Dolina – Necpaly – Folkusova – Pribovce – Martin)
June 25th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Bicycling, Photography, Slovakia, Travel
For this ride, we were joined by my mom the first time although she did have some doubts us being able to finish this ride, considering the amount of hills. The ride I planned would take us from Ladoven through Drazkovce, Horny and Dolny Kalnik via the first big hill to Turcianske Jaseno, from there via the second big hill to Jasenska Dolina and Bela-Dulice. From Bela to Necpaly and from there via the third big hill to Folkusova and then through Pribovce back home to Martin.
Tags: Andi·hills·martin·mountain·mountain biking·My mom·Slovakia
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