The Mohawk Valley

Today as we left Little Falls New York, we cycled along the canal way which was a great view, but we were also climbing a hill so no chance for pictures, remember the rule....we don't stop on hills. However, a little further down Route 5E, I took a nice picture of the canal along with the railroad tracks that ran along the water.

Our ride today was primarily along Route 5E which had nice wide shoulders that were also fairly smooth with very little debris and even less road kill to dodge. By the way, what was up with the very green frog laying in the prone position in the middle of the shoulder with orange fingers. I think it was plastic, but we didn't stop to check it out.

We also cycled through a number of small townships, one of which was Fonda where I saw a WWI Memorial. Of course I had to stop and get a picture. The Memorial was quite impressive, especially with the status of the "Leatherneck" standing on top.

As we cycled on, we came to our sag for the day which was on top of a nice climb out of Fonda. There was a historical sign for the Mohawk Valley which was the primary pass to the interior between the Adirondack Mountains and the Allegheny Plateau.

The ride today was 71 miles that took me 4 hours and 52 minutes at an average speed of 14.6 mph. Considering the other rides we have done over the past 7 weeks, this was a short ride. It's interesting after all the miles we're ridden that anything under 80 is now considered a "short ride" for the day, guess it's all relative.

There was also a snake sighting or I should say a sighting of a "snake skin". This was not just a smooched snake, it was a totally flattened like a pancaked snake and it counts.