Bike ride with a friend

I had the day off due to my shift and Bob (co-worker and friend) took the day to go for a bike ride. After some initial confusion (we went to different parking areas for the trail) we managed to meet up in Gardiner.  Round trip we rode a little over 28 miles. The trail is not paved except for a tiny section in New Paltz which happened to be the roughest section.  The scenery was very nice, some color but not as much as I expected. We saw some remnants from the railroad era in the form of markers and wooden ties.  The trail passed through some nice terrain:  wooded, streams, farmland, river, marsh.  We saw some things that seemed out of place.  There is a cafe in the middle of the woods with a campground across the trail.  The really, REALLY strange stuff was some artwork at trail’s edge near Rosendale.  You will have to look at the photos to truly understand what was so strange.  I did find some information on the web (Women’s Studio Workshop): “Rosendale, NY—Women’s Studio Workshop invites the public to participate in The Would/Lands: Walk on the Wild Side, an opening procession and installation along the Wallkill Valley Rail Trail by internationally-acclaimed performance artist Pat Oleszko.  Oleszko’s multidisciplinary work interweaves social commentary with eccentric presentations that include elaborate costuming and linguistic jests.  As WSW’s first Rosendale Cultural Crossroads Public Art resident, she responds to the local history and environment during her two-month residency. “The Would/Lands is an installation and performance by Oleszko a-dressing Nature along the Rail Trail with sculptures in the trees and featuring an opening day event that includes a swat team of poseurs and soundmakers. Installed high amidst the forest bower by the Wallkill are a color-fool series of costumed characters; part escaped scarecrows, part flying circus, the eclectic selection of airborne sculptures are caught in mid-act.  This is no ordinary autumnal turning of the colors. Trees are now bedecked with a presence formally unnatural to remain as a diversion until early winter.” The Rosendale Trestle is impressive at 940 feet long and about 150 feet above Rosendale and the Rondout Creek. Heading back I noticed my rear tire felt soft so I had to pump it up a bit.  A little further on Bob’s rear tire was more than soft... it was flat.  Good thing he brought a spare tube.  I had a small pump with me and have since bought a better, easier to use pump. On the way back through New Paltz we stopped for lunch at the Gilded Otter.  Very good food. Another enjoyable day exploring the Hudson River Valley.
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October 7, 2014
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Bike ride with a friend

I had the day off due to my shift and Bob (co-worker and friend) took the day to go for a bike ride. After some initial confusion (we went to different parking areas for the trail) we managed to meet up in Gardiner.  Round trip we rode a little over 28 miles. The trail is not paved except for a tiny section in New Paltz which happened to be the roughest section.  The scenery was very nice, some color but not as much as I expected. We saw some remnants from the railroad era in the form of markers and wooden ties.  The trail passed through some nice terrain:  wooded, streams, farmland, river, marsh.  We saw some things that seemed out of place.  There is a cafe in the middle of the woods with a campground across the trail.  The really, REALLY strange stuff was some artwork at trail’s edge near Rosendale.  You will have to look at the photos to truly understand what was so strange.  I did find some information on the web (Women’s Studio Workshop): “Rosendale, NY—Women’s Studio Workshop invites the public to participate in The Would/Lands: Walk on the Wild Side, an opening procession and installation along the Wallkill Valley Rail Trail by internationally-acclaimed performance artist Pat Oleszko.  Oleszko’s multidisciplinary work interweaves social commentary with eccentric presentations that include elaborate costuming and linguistic jests.  As WSW’s first Rosendale Cultural Crossroads Public Art resident, she responds to the local history and environment during her two-month residency. “The Would/Lands is an installation and performance by Oleszko a-dressing Nature along the Rail Trail with sculptures in the trees and featuring an opening day event that includes a swat team of poseurs and soundmakers. Installed high amidst the forest bower by the Wallkill are a color-fool series of costumed characters; part escaped scarecrows, part flying circus, the eclectic selection of airborne sculptures are caught in mid-act.  This is no ordinary autumnal turning of the colors. Trees are now bedecked with a presence formally unnatural to remain as a diversion until early winter.” The Rosendale Trestle is impressive at 940 feet long and about 150 feet above Rosendale and the Rondout Creek. Heading back I noticed my rear tire felt soft so I had to pump it up a bit.  A little further on Bob’s rear tire was more than soft... it was flat.  Good thing he brought a spare tube.  I had a small pump with me and have since bought a better, easier to use pump. On the way back through New Paltz we stopped for lunch at the Gilded Otter.  Very good food. Another enjoyable day exploring the Hudson River Valley.
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October 7, 2014
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“Leave only footprints, take only memories” (...and maybe some pictures)