Awesome pics man, looks like a sweet ride.

Bison is good, but beef is better. Bison is too dry.

Ostrich is quite good as well, and not too dry.

Tom

Great little write up Prtcl!! :dthumb:

Makes me miss riding. :( I love little day trips like this.

Outstanding, I love it. Looks like a place I may need to add to my list.

Great write up! It seems like you need to not answer your phone, or might I recommend a trac phone for daycare..... That way you know who's calling.

Or let them leave a message and call back immediately if necessary?

Sorry for the delay… life got in the way in the form of a conference room with no windows and a lot of contract stuff and reporting.

Back to the story…

… after grabbing lunch and visiting the Veterans park, it was time to head toward home.

(I did manage to goof around before leaving Johnny Angel’s):

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While heading out, it was clear that the art of building castles was not lost in this area:

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(though the art of mowing the lawn apparently is lost…)

From the saddle:

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Heading along down the road:

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Hills off in the distance and the road curving and heading down:

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Testing to make sure the mirror still works (yeah, that’s it):

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Getting closer to the hills:

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More sled trail crossing (saw quite a few of these so I think I’ll be coming down with the sled in a couple months):

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Apple orchards are something of a recurring theme in this area… if you ever get the chance to try apple wine I’d recommend it:

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If your ears are sensitive to pressure changes due to changes in altitude, don’t come here :D

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Along with apples, old manure spreaders being used as decorations is apparently fairly popular:

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Salt on the roads from recent snowfall tended to make things a bit squirrelly in corners… that made the decision on whether or not I would be hitting side roads on the way back fairly simple since I had no intention of ending up lowsiding:

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Even so, the scenery was quite good just staying on Route 20:

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Even completely in the middle of nowhere there’s drainage and granite curbs:

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If you look on the left side of the next few pictures, you can just see the road snaking back to the left and going up that hill you see in the distance:

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Once up that hill, it again became apparent the amount of effort it took to carve Route 20 into the rock:

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Back at the beginning of my journey, I had stopped in Cazenovia, NY to change gloves. On my way back through, I decided to stop on the main drag and catch a few pictures. Cazenovia is another little town that has quite a bit of history and charm:

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The locals on the way home appeared friendly too:

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… though there were signs warning about people with funny looking shovels up ahead:

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I didn’t see any funny looking shovels, but I did see some old farm equipment:

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… along with some new farm equipment:

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One last down-hill run and then the next up hill road would take me to my house:

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After getting home, I realized that I hadn’t really ridden all that far:

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And apparently, I hadn’t been gone long enough to warrant a happy greeting upon my return:

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“Oh… it’s you.”

The next time I ride any real distance, it will probably be on this:

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But that’s okay.

So after I returned home, I glanced down at my phone and saw that I had missed 3 more calls from the office… unreal… but on to better thoughts:

A lot of these photos wouldn’t have been possible without the Vista Motorcycle Cruise Control:

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This thing worked wonderfully!

Anyhow, thanks for reading. I know this isn’t an epic ride by any stretch of the imagination, but to me it was priceless. I think I’ve proven that I’m not particularly eloquent but I took a lot of pictures ;)

In the spirit of Sesame Street’s 40th anniversary….


This ride report was brought to you by the letter “S”

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And the number “20”

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Thank you. :D

Very cool report, I would like to explore that area.