Late Friday is a dinner and Saturday morning there is breakfast. There is often a short ride Friday afternoon. Saturday there are different rides to choose from followed by dinner Saturday night. Sunday there is a breakfast followed by a choice of rides (usually a remote start ride around Keuka Lake), breaking camp and departure.

This year, the Saturday rides included some of the same routes as last year along with some additional variations on the theme. Since I'd SAGged on the 80 mile route last year, I decided to try again this year. But discretion is the better part of valor and I took a few short cuts so I only had 69 miles, but no SAG!

This year, I had a little help with the captions from Don Robertson and Bill Armstrong. Thanks!

	A shot of my camp on Friday afternoon. It's a little smaller than previous years since Jane couldn't come.		Some of the other tents on Friday afternoon. Regina is in lavender and that's her recumbent tandem (sans seats) on top of the car.
	More of the campground on Friday afternoon.		Hanging out at the camp hall (dining room/auditorium/theater) Friday afternoon. Don and Lonnie are in the new Southern Tier Bicycle Club Jerseys.
	More hanging out. Paul, in the jersey, is waiting for the Friday afternoon ride to start. It's an 18 mile loop to the Sugar Hill Fire Tower.		Waiting for the fire tower ride to start. I skipped this ride and had a few beers instead. It's hard work setting up camp!
	Just so we all know who puts on the Great Finger Lakes Bicycle Tour. The club is based in Binghamton, NY. Since you have to join to participate in the GFLBT, it has members all over North America.		After the fire tower ride, about 7 pm, dinner was served in the camp hall.
	Karen, organizer of the FANY ride, got a new recumbent. It's front wheel drive and suspended and generated a lot of interest. Karen's in the blue top and other names I know in this picture are Jim and Ginny on the left who live in Flemington, NJ and rode with me to the GFLBT and talking to them, Bob from Eastern New York.		Still showing off the new bike!
	Augie Mueller describing the weekend and rides after dinner Friday night. As far as I know, Augie's been a fixture at the GFLBT since it began; certainly since I started going in 1999! On the left sleeve, the new jerseys say "We ride Mueller miles!"		Jim (from Flemington, NJ) and I got up and left early, skipping breakfast in camp and planning to have breakfast in Hammondsport. Last year we did the same thing to avoid the heat. This year it was mainly because I wasn't sure I'd make it back in time for dinner if I left after breakfast. It was a very damp and foggy morning; I had to put my glasses in the handlebar bag (which made it hard to read the fine print on the map!). As we approached Hammondsport (after about 35 miles) the fog was pretty much gone and allowed this photo of Keuka Lake (but you can tell it's still a bit foggy!).
	Jim and I were hungry so we skipped the the loop past Hammondsport and back and went straight to breakfast in Hammondsport, shortening the route by about 5 miles. Later I arrived at the Keuka Overlook Winery and took this shot of riders getting ready to leave. Riders tasted and bought wines here and the SAG wagon picked up the purchases and took them back to camp in time for dinner Saturday night. On the hill up to winery, I pulled off for a short rest and lost Jim who was out of earshot in front.		Keuka Overlook Winery really does overlook Keuka Lake! There are houses and cabins all along the western shore of the lake.
	While resting at the winery, my legs were feeling like they might want to cramp soon. Since I had completely cramped up last year and had to take the SAG wagon, and taking the SAG two years in a row would be really bad form, a shortcut was in order. Instead of continuing north and then east to the "Windmill" (an Amish flea market) and then back south to Dundee, I took the next available road, Van Gordon, shown here, east to highway 230 which went northeast to 14A just 1.5 miles west of Dundee. Van Gordon is a dirt road, but it was mostly downhill and didn't have any big potholes, so it was fine. The shortcut took another five miles or so off the planned 80 mile route.		Lunch was in Dundee. Just as I was leaving the restaurant, it started to rain. Rain doesn't really bother me; I just put my wallet, cell phone, and camera in plastic bags and take off my glasses. The map was already in a plastic bag due to the really humid morning. While still in Dundee, I stopped to help Carol and her husband (from Vineland, Ontario) fix a flat. This was the first of several flats seen on the way back to camp. Probably due to the rain.
	Back in camp and after a shower and a change of clothes, I took a few beers and some snacks to the camp hall and joined others with a similar idea. Probably a lot of that wine was brought back from the winery on today's route by the SAG wagon. Once seated, I just didn't want to get up again which is why it's a table level shot! Notice the microphones and camera set up in the background. There was musical entertainment during and after dinner.		Saturday dinner began at 5:30, but many couldn't wait and got in line early!
	From close to the front of the line, the back of the line.		After dinner, some riders had the energy to participate in a game of Bocce Ball. Bob, Becky, Chet, Bill, Gary and Karen.
	Others joined in a "hooping" contest. Fourteen-year old Nate winds down after performing chief navigator duties for his parents on Saturday's 64 mile ride. His Mom, Susan, keeps up the pace with her hula hoop.		As it started to get dark, Paul presented his world famous cycling fashion show/strip tease.
	With some help from his friends! Susan, after Paul's "Runway" table was thrust into her midsection, found herself as the entrapped "Designated Female Spectator," while MapMaker Bill Armstrong blocks any possible path of escape. Meanwhile, husband Todd (in white hat) contemplates on exactly what drove Susan to insist that they use the GFLBT-2009 to celebrate their 18th Wedding Anniversary. Son Nate claims he has never seen his Mom exhibit such behavior prior to this weekend.		Next there was an interesting slide show of a tour on the Chesapeake and Ohio canal path and the Allegheny Passage. From Washington, DC to almost Pittsburgh, PA. After this, I just couldn't keep my eyes open and went to bed. There were more slide shows and a bonfire, but it was past my bedtime!
	Sunday morning breakfast with Jim and Ginny at the table in the center. All the meals provided by the caterers were very good!		Sunday's ride is a clockwise loop around Keuka Lake which is roughly "Y" shaped as seen on a map. There is a remote start in Hammondsport at the bottom of the Y. Jim, Ginny, and I packed all our gear and drove to the remote start. There we were met by Lincoln and June of Ithaca, NY, friends of Jim and Ginny. Jim and I rode my tandem trike around the lake, while the others rode their bicycles. There were two options: a 44 mile loop which cuts across the top of the Y and a 57 mile loop which goes down the peninsula and adds a steep climb. We decided on the 44 mile loop. Here's a shot of my knee as it climbs the hill from Branchport across the top of the Y.
	The west branch of the Keuka Lake Y. Sunday turned out to be a beautiful day.		Looking across the east branch of the Keuka Lake Y from West Lake Road.
	A house on the landward side of West Lake Road.		After about 36 miles we had lunch at the Switzerland Inn. It's right on the lake and our table was on the lower deck. Some folks arrive by boat. Looking straight out from the deck, you see the peninsula that separates the two branches of the Y. The tip of the peninsula is to the left and behind it is the western shore of the western branch of the Y.
	Looking south in the direction of Hammondsport.		Looking north, up the east branch, in the direction of Penn Yan (through which we had ridden earlier).
	June, Jim, Ginny, and Lincoln at lunch. After a good lunch we completed the loop around the lake, loaded up the bike and the trike and returned to NJ.		I recorded the rides with my GPS. Here are both rides overlaid on a USGS topographic map by GPSvisualizer.com. The color codes altitude. The Saturday and Sunday rides have a common section along the southeast side of Keuka lake. Due to shortcuts, these are not the exact routes provided by the club!
	The altitude and climb profiles for Saturday's ride. On the downhill at about mile 16, I hit 46 mph! The actual 80 mile route had 10-11 more miles and perhaps several hundred feet more climb.		The altitude and climb profiles for Sunday's ride. The hill from miles 16 through 20 is the hill across the top of the Y from Branchport to Penn Yan. The blip at mile 36 is the lunch stop at the Switzerland Inn when I put the GPS receiver in my pocket.