Today’s ride was pretty good! We still climbed about 2000 feet, but none of the hills were so steep that I would need to get off my bike and walk it up the hill. So I count that as a big victory since today was the first day I didn’t have to do that at all. In fact, it was a pretty uneventful ride which was about 53 miles and took us about 5.5 hours of riding, very close to what Google maps predicted. We did not use the Adventure Cycling Association maps at all today. I used my phone to navigate and Tim took all of today’s photos. Speaking of which, here they are.
This is Brian with Nate, who we met at breakfast in the morning. Nate works for Specialized and told us all about the electric assist bikes that the 76 and 80 year old guys had yesterday. This is Tim on the Wallkill trail we took this morning. About the first 8 miles were crushed stone and not maintained at all. But the last 3 miles were paved asphalt and were really nice!Here is Tim at one of our few rest stops today. This was not too far from Port Jarvis, NY.This was just before we crossed the Delaware River while in Port Jarvis, NY. This is Brian just over the Delaware River in Matamoros, PA. We were about 2 miles from our next hotel at this point. This is coming into Matamoros, PA after crossing over the Delaware River. This picture was actually from yesterday taken by Fred Schaeffer on the Walkway over the Hudson. Fred put it up on Facebook, Nancy friended Fred and then texted me the photo. This was our first photo of the trip, which Steph took and texted us. So this is actually from 2 days ago!
Tomorrow we head to Easton, PA, about 67 miles from Matamoros. We didn’t get rained on today and probably won’t tomorrow either. Hope not, anyway.
2 comments on “Windsor Locks to Media – Day 3: New Paltz, NY to Matamoros, PA”
Sounds and looks like you guys are having another great bike ride. Wish I was there with you.
Mark
Sounds and looks like you guys are having another great bike ride. Wish I was there with you.
Mark
Great photos! Looking forward to seeing you safely home tomorrow. Have a safe and pleasant ride!