At least part of the reason for the ride was to publicize the Harlem Valley Rail Trail which has completed, under construction, and planned segments. As a point of interest, the first FANY Ride finished in Millerton. Unfortunately, McArthur's, where many FANY riders enjoyed an end of ride meal and brew, seems to have gone out of business.

The rest of the story is in the pictures below.

	Here's the GPS track of our ride overlaid on the USGS topo map by GPS Visualizer. The ride started at Millerton and went south, going around the bottom loop counterclockwise. When we were almost back to Millerton, we did an out and back north to Copake Falls, doing the loop at the top of the lollipop in the clockwise direction. The track colors code altitude from 475 feet (red) to 898 feet (violet).		Here are the altitude and total climb profiles for our ride. The distance was 55.5 miles (includes the legs to and from the parking lot, about two miles altogether). The total climb was 2358 feet. The minimum and maximum altitudes were 475 and 898 feet.
	People driving to Millerton parked here, about 3/4 mile from the ride start.		The registration area in the center of Millerton.
	People waiting in the porta-potty line always look so happy!		Jeff and I are ready to start the 50 mile ride.
	The beginning of the ride headed south out of Millerton on one of the completed sections of the Harlem Valley Rail Trail. Here's Jeff riding on the trail.		A paceline of racing wheel chairs. As we passed, I asked if they got an aero effect from the paceline. They answered emphatically, yes!
	After 8 miles, we came to the first rest stop at Armenia.		Riders coming down the hill and turning into the Armenia rest stop.
	After 20 miles, the Sharon rest stop, just off Mudge Pond Road.		We're about to arrive at the Rudd Pond Park rest stop after about 28 miles. While there, a sag wagon arrived carrying a rider and a bike with a broken frame. We had heard that someone broke a frame and imagined a serious accident. Instead, the brazing on the joint between the down tube and the lug to the head tube gave way, apparently just from normal riding.
	From County Road 63 or Under Mountain Road (probably CR63; the name changed somewhere, I'm not sure exactly where!), the view to the west, across a valley which contains the abandoned rail line and route 22. It's probably not the Harlem River Valley. I believe that's Round Ball Mountain in the distance.		Jeff comes down the hill.
	The Copake Falls rest area at 40 miles.		Jeff at the Copake Falls rest area. We followed the arrow and rode the rail trail for about 4 miles back to Under Mountain Road.
	At the end of the ride, there was a ride festival at the Eddie Collins Memorial Field in Millerton. Here's the Ancram volunteer fire department tent where they were serving barbecued chicken dinners. Jeff and I had one - very good.		Local groups were selling ice cream, baked goods, lemonade, etc. Jeff and I had some ice cream for dessert.
	The view across the field to the "bike check" area. You checked your bike before joining the festival.		A local band played during the festival. At least while we were there, they seemed to playing things like Sousa marches.