Pedaling the Rail Trail

Today we put in at the Floodwood end and rode 3 miles to the other side of Hoel Pond, almost to the spot we stopped at coming from the other end the last time we were on the trail.  Then we turned around for a total of 6 miles, which is enough until we buy some nice, padded biking shorts.  Sure wish we had remembered that they existed.  We will buy some and be ready for next year's rides.

Biking the Rail Trail

We had a wonderful ride on the rail trail today.  We parked at the end of Station Rd by the fish hatchery.  There were no other cars there when we arrived.  We rode 3.25 miles toward Floodwood Rd, turning around a bit past the home of some friends on Hoel Pond, for a total of 6.5 miles.  This is a view of Rat Pond as you ride by.

When we got back to the parking lot, which had quite a few cars in it by then, we noticed this wonderful mushroom.  Another biker said it was called a Shaggy Mane.

Biking the Rail Trail

Today we finally made it to the rail trail.  We combined the trip with picking up veggies, so we just started where Rt 86 crosses the trail outside of Saranac Lake, and headed toward Ray Brook.  We only went a bit under 6 miles round trip, but that was fine for the first time on bikes for quite a while.  There was a section that went slightly uphill, so it was good to be starting out that direction.