Setting up camp, registration, and a social occupied Friday evening.

Saturday there were various choices of routes. I did the 84 mile loop between Lakes Seneca and Keuka. The weather Saturday was beautiful. It was a little chilly when we started out, and the highs got up to the mid 70s. Perfect for cycling! Saturday night there was a chicken dinner and entertainment.

Following a breakfast of eggs, sausage, potatoes, and french toast on Sunday morning, we broke camp and drove to Keuka Lake for a "remote start" ride around Keuka Lake. The weather started out beautiful but halfway around the lake, the sky clouded up and threatened rain. After I finished riding around Keuka, Jane and I drove to Penn Yan for lunch, then on to Clifon Park to visit our son Jeff. We drove through a huge downpour about halfway to Albany!

The rest of the story is in the pictures below.

	Here are the GPS tracks of the rides overlayed on the USGS topographic map. You will probably have to view the map at full size (40 pixels per mile) to see the orange colored tracks. Saturday's ride started at the Watkins Glen State Park Hidden Valley Group Camp at the south end of Seneca Lake, went to Dundee, then went around the loop counterclockwise with a little stub at the north end to the beach at Lakeshore Park. The little bump about halfway between Himrod and the Dresden Stacks is where I rode up the driveway of the Torrey Ridge Winery, but it was about 9:30 and they don't open until 10. The blob midway between Second Milo and Porter Corner is the Windmill, a flea market, where I stopped to eat. Sunday's ride (remote) started at the south end of Keuka Lake (Champlin Beach) and went around the lake clockwise. Caution: the full size image is about 3.6 Mbytes.		I forgot to turn off my GPS receiver after Sunday's ride. At the end of the ride, Jane and I drove back up Keuka Lake to Penn Yan for lunch, then drove to the NY Thruway and on over to Clifton Park, just north of Albany, to meet our son for dinner. The receiver was buried in junk in the middle of the van, but kept recording the track. Here's the whole track for Sunday, including the bicycle ride around Keuka Lake and the van ride to Clifton Park. The Thruway follows fairly closely the track of the Erie Canal to Albany. (The turn North at the end is I87 from Albany to Clifton Park.)
	The altitude profile and the total climb for Saturday's ride. The last 14 miles is a mirror image of the first since we retraced the route between Dundee and the campground. The minimum elevation, which occurs several times between miles 30 and 40 is about 450 feet which is just above the altitude of Seneca Lake. The hill around mile 65 is where the Windmill is located. The total climb reported by the GPS receiver itself was 3585. The total climb shown here is about 300 ft larger (presumably the result of a different algorithm for dealing with noise!).		The altitude profile and total climb for Sunday's ride. The bump between miles 16 and 20 is where we crossed from the west arm to the east arm of Keuka Lake. Although the ride is relatively flat, there were a lot of short ups and downs, so the total climb is not zero! The climb here is about 100 ft larger than that reported by the GPS receiver (presumably due to a difference in the algorithm for handling noise). The surface of Keuka Lake is at an elevation of about 725 ft.
	Here's Jane at our campsite Friday evening.		Our whole campsite including tent and fly, Friday evening.
	Cyclists at the Friday evening "social" in the lodge at the Hidden Valley Group Camp.		At the corner of Mud Lake Road (CR 23) and Vandyke Road, looking back along Vandyke Road from where we came. (I stopped here to remove jacket and sweatpants.)
	At the same corner looking east towards Seneca Lake which is down the hill.		The first place where one can actually see Seneca Lake, a few miles from Himrod.
	Looking down the hill to Seneca Lake, a little before Himrod.		Towards the "Dresden Stacks" and the north end of Seneca Lake in the distance.
	In Geneva, there's a small park with benches that looks out over the lake. Here's the view to the tip of the lake and Lakeshore Park.		And the view straight across the lake.
	I made it to Lakeshore Park after almost 40 miles. This is the farthest point of Saturday's ride. Here's a view to the east. There's a boat launch facility and a beach. The weather had been chilly so there weren't very many swimmers!		Looking to the west from Lakeshore Park. I think that's a Ramada Inn on the left.
	From Lakeshore Park looking south along the length of Seneca Lake. Watkins Glen is about forty miles that way!		Here I am in front of the gazebo at Lakeshore Park in Geneva.
	I had planned to stop for lunch in Penn Yan, but somehow got lost going through town. I found myself on the way out, so rather than backtrack, I pushed on to the Windmill, a farmers' market/flea market open only on Saturdays. After about 65 miles and 5h 40m, I got there. I was really hungry, so hung around there for almost 2 hours eating and wandering around.		This is one of the kiosks inside one of the Windmill buildings. Many of the vendors are Amish and have interesting clothes. I'm not sure if that applies to these ladies. It could be it's just Auntie Anne's dress code!
	During the day's ride, I had been passed by several old time cars. I was wondering if I would catch up to them. Sure enough, at a field at the Windmill, there was a Classic Car Show. Here's one of the cars.		Hmm... Many of these classic cars were born after I was! I used to like old cars, now I'm not so sure!
	The show was just ending when I arrived, so a lot of the cars were leaving. The blue car in this picture looks a lot like a car my grandfather had when I was a kid.		The car at the end of this row is similar to the "General Lee" from the TV show, the "Dukes of Hazard." For some reason that was one of my kids favorite shows when they were little.
	These are from before I was born! I'm not sure about the paint jobs though.		A Nash Rambler. My aunt Joan had one of these when I was a kid! (Might even have been the same paint job.)
	More cars - the one on the left is definitely a classic.		I think this car is a little bit older than I am.
	This Mercury is quite a bit younger than I am. So that's all the hints you get. How old am I?		On an uphill out of Dundee, I stopped to take a picture of an Amish horse and buggy coming the other way. You can't see it in the picture, but the family inside smiled and waved.
	I got back in camp after about 85 miles and found Karen and Debra relaxing!		Saturday evening, a chicken dinner was served in the lodge and after dinner, a trio provided entertainment.
	Some of the crowd listening to the trio.		Sunday's ride was a "remote start" from Champlin Beach Park in Hammondsport. After breakfast in the lodge, most riders packed up their camps and drove to the start with all their gear. Here's Keuka Lake to the north from the start area.
	Here's our van and my bike at Champlin Beach Park. We parked here to be close to the restrooms. Most of the other riders are parked closer to the entrance. Turns out the restrooms were unusable anyway!		Roughly halfway up the west side of the lake. Keuka is shaped like a "y" and the hill in this picture separates the two arms of the y.
	Our route took us from the tip of the western arm of the y across to the middle of the eastern arm of the y. Somewhere in the middle of this leg, there was a scenic overlook where I stopped to take this picture looking south down Keuka Lake.		Keuka College. Behind it is the eastern arm of Keuka Lake (not visible in the picture).
	About half way up the western side of the eastern arm of Keuka Lake. This is the view towards Penn Yan on the northeastern corner of the lake. This is my last photo of the ride. Once I made it through Penn Yan, there was a strong headwind and rain threatened.		After I finished the loop around Keuka Lake, Jane and I drove to Penn Yan where we had lunch, then across the state to Clifton Park, where we met our son Jeff for dinner. Here he is with his new car.
	Here's Jeff at dinner. It turns out his birthday is June 14, so it's always close to the GFLBT, so we almost always go to the Albany area to take him out for a birthday dinner!