Setting up camp, registration, and a social occupied Friday evening. Saturday there were various choices of routes. I did the 85 mile loop around Lake Seneca.

On Sunday, there was again a choice of routes. I did the 16 mile hilly route. Both of these routes were the same as last year's ride. However, this year, I tried to find the fire tower at the top of the hilly ride. I didn't find it, but my searching added about four miles to the ride.

Also this year I had an eTrex Summit, a GPS unit with altimeter. It showed that the total amount of climbing was about 3400 feet for Saturday's ride and about 1500 feet for Sunday's ride. The camp is around 1000' and the high point on the paved road is about 1900'. On the dirt road to the fire tower (that I didn't find), it got to over 2000'. Lake Seneca is about 450'.

The STBC rents the group campgrounds through Sunday afternoon. So after the short ride Sunday, we broke camp and moved to the regular campgrounds at Watkins Glen State Park. We stayed there Sunday and Monday nights and on Tuesday broke camp and visited our son Jeff in Clifton Park, near Albany. We returned home on Wednesday, June 13.

	Here I am getting ready to do the 85 mile ride, Saturday morning. Behind is our tent at the Watkins Glen State Park Hidden Valley Group Camp. WP1		Roughly halfway from camp to Geneva at the north end of Lake Seneca. The view is along Highway 14 northeast across the lake. WP2
	From a lake side park in Geneva, view to the southeast across lake Seneca. WP3		Don and Lonnie with their tandem at Seneca Lake Park at the extreme north end of Seneca Lake. Roughly half way through the ride. WP4
	Me at Seneca Lake Park. WP4		Tamara and Mark and their tandem at Seneca Lake Park. WP4
	A group of riders at the town park in Ovid. This is almost 60 miles into the ride. WP5		Across the street from the town park in Ovid is Giuseppe's where you can get an Italian Sub for lunch. WP5
	Bob and Marion enjoy a brew at the Wagner Winery and Microbrewery. WP6		Setting up for a wedding at the Wagner Winery. This is about 68 miles into the ride. It turns out that Tamara and Mark (earlier photo) were married at the Wagner Winery. WP6
	Our camp at Watkins Glen State Park Hidden Valley Group Camp as it appeared Sunday morning. We've had breakfast, but I haven't yet tackled the day's ride. WP1		Ira with his dog Toffee. Toffee's so well behaved, even small kids are safe with him. WP1
	On Sunday, I did a short but hilly, 16.8 mile loop. Our camp was at an elevation of about 1050'. Here are some riders on route 21 at almost 2000'. WP7		Another rider on route 21. There was supposed to be a road to a fire tower near here, which I explored looking for the tower. I never found the tower, but I did add about 4 miles to the ride distance. WP7
	A little farther along on route 21. Towards the east, Lake Seneca is over there somewhere! WP8		Since I had my GPS with me, at each place I took a picture, I entered a waypoint (8 total). Here is a segment of a USGS 250K scale topographic map with the waypoints plotted. I've also indicated in each picture caption the corresponding waypoint. Finally, here is the waypoint file; altitudes are in meters.