Check that off the bucket shitter… I mean bucket list 🪣

The last ten miles of the Adirondack Rail Trail are done. The worse ten miles from Saranac to Placid but whatever I wanted to check off that list despite almost smashing into a bunch of ladies in lolly gagging on the trail. So I’ve done all 34 miles both ways or 68 miles total. Closer to 70 when you figure I overlapped a bit at Lake Colby and rode into the village in Tupper Lake

It’s fine. Riding after dark was fun, and it’s smooth and scenic like the Adirondack Northway. It’s kind of like riding an Interstate highway through the mountains, some nice views in the wilderness, a lot of back sides of houses and garbage dumps especially the last ten miles from Saranac Lake to Lake Placid.

I might some day again do the section between Tupper Lake and Floodwood but honestly I much prefer riding the gated roads like around the Bog River Flow and Floodwood Reservation Road. Things with a little more character and challenge. But not too rough or big hills. Some of the old logging train grades are great riding. I should check out more of the Saint Lawrence Flatlands to ride – both the State Forests and Wild Forests with the haul and fire protection roads, especially the gated ones not all tore up by vehicles and ATVs.