I had a little free time yesterday afternoon and I hatched a plan that has been in the works for a while now. I wanted to ride my bike around Canandaigua Lake. I figured it was around 50 miles or so and the weather was supposed to clear so I headed out on the roadie for some pedaling fun. The clouds never let up all day long but the rain never fell either!
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| View to the South of Canandaigua Lake |
This is a beautiful part of New York - the Finger Lakes Region. A lot of bike riding and wine tours in the area. I am not into one of the two and I will leave it to you to guess which one that is ;)
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| Looking North East over Canandaigua Lake towards Syracuse, NY area |
This was a great ride - as good as I had expected it to be. I wish I had a road map for the area so I could explore some more on the side roads and to maybe ride around the whole lake instead of off in the country side which I was forced to most of the ride. I didn't want to make a wrong turn and have to climb back up - 1 of those was more than enough! Bopple Hill Rd - they had paintings like they do on the climbs during the Tour De France - it was pretty cool - but man what a hill! No pictures of that I had to keep pedaling to make it to the top!
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| Fall is coming but the leaves are still mainly green |
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| Canandaigua Lake |
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| Same View Sideways Though |
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| All downhill from here! |
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| Family Cemetery from early 1900's |
All in all it was a great ride and one I would love to do again. I want to ride around all the Finger Lakes and then put a plan into motion to ride around 1 great lake a summer. That would be pretty cool!
