Total for this year: 66.6 miles
The riding season never officially starts until I've climbed Boughton Hill. Today was the day. Did a fairly typical early season ride from home straight down to Bloomfield, then over to Canandaigua and home again. It was fairly cool when I left the house about 10 - temps were still in the mid-40's - so I had on three layers. I dropped the shell after climbing Boughton Hill, but it was much cooler down by the lake so I put it back on half way through the ride and kept it on until I got home.
Not much on this ride worth noting. I saw a young girl with a lamb sitting in the driveway of a farm on Cooley Rd. I should have stopped to take a pic, but I was climbing a hill and didn't feel like stopping. I did take a few shots of the paddle wheeler Canandaigua Lady sitting on an enormous trailer in the parking lot of the municipal marina. But other than that it was just an uneventful conditioning ride.Didn't make great time, but I actually felt OK. I even managed to climb up Lynaugh at the end of the ride. I figure I need to start doing more rides of this length, since Bob and I are scheduled for a 58-mile ride down in NYC in about three weeks. If all goes well I'll be able to commute in a couple of times this week. That will help.
