Bourn Pond
By the time I got back to Bourn Pond it had started to cloud up.
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By the time I got back to Bourn Pond it had started to cloud up.
Heating with fuel oil, which is essentially dyed diesel, seems like an odd choice. Oil is expensive, but also is electricity in the Northeast.
In the 1940s through the 1970s, there was a big push to retire both coal power plants and coal heating for reasons of pollution and convenience, and oil seemed like a good drop in replacement, when oil was cheap. But the northeast relying on oil so heavily for power generation, caused electricity to spike in 1970s, which ironically caused some people to swap out electricity for fuel oil. Natural gas supply has traditionally been constrained in New England, which is another reason why the Northeast likes oil so much.
It's a compact urban interchange as the highway engineers suggest although it's still enormous with the area within the circle totaling 10 acres.
I’m happy with the performance of the bike. Breaking that rear spoke earlier in the week wasn’t the worst thing ever as with the rear wheel trued up it rode at 35-40 mph down the New Salem Hill much better then before. The front wheel noise remains gone since tightening it up this morning and the steering is good since tightened the bolts. The new rubber on the front and back make it excellent on the trails but I was careful this time to avoid abusing it too much lest I break another spoke or not the nicely trued rear wheel out of alignment.
Driving up NY 30, I stopped for a while and took in this view of Tupper Lake.
Taken on Thursday June 25, 2020 at Tupper Lake.