First ride of 2011 at noon . . . we left at 2:30 pm

First ride of 2011 at noon . . . we left at 2:30 pm.
It was a classic, but with detour, to avoid the steep hill in the shade The Rail Trail is still covered in snow and ice so we have to take the detour by way of Hillside, to Aqueduct, to cross the Rexford Bridge. We took a right onto Riverview Dr. thence onto the back road (right fork at Grooms Rd. split). Dripping piles of ice and snow wet the road, but we press on with damp shorts from time to time. Ti man is in shape; I'm feeling and moving slow. S L O W. Say it with me now.

At Sugar Hill we go left, to return to Grooms Rd. Left again to approach Droms, but veer right to stay on until Appleton. Round to

River Road, again to return by crossing the Rexford Bridge, but right instead of around to join the Rail Trail, we go the Niskayuna Community Center route straight up the hill to the parking lot, Banker, then Hillside. 

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