Turtle Races

Old Forge

Cobblestone House

Going Through a Detour

The claim to fame in Oseola is annual turtle races.  For the past 45 years, this town hosts an annual turtle race.  250 turtles were entered this year in a winner take all.  I asked how people got their turtles and I got the sense that it is a little like chicken fights.  I think they raise them instead do getting them in the wild.  He was a little caggie about. Telling me more.  Anyway, August 1 we biked 54 miles to Boonville.  We camped in a campground that had an old barn from the 1800's that was converted to an event center, restrooms and is used year around.  They had bingo that evening and Dean and I went and played.  The locals had to help us and it was fun talking to them.

August 2 - 67 miles to Lake Durant.  We got caught 12 miles from camp in a downpour.  Russ told me early in the morning not to bring a raincoat.  Shouldn't have listened.  At least it was warm.  We biked through Old Forge which is a tourist area.  Lots of kayaks, stores and restaurants.  We heard about Walt's Cafe and we stopped for breakfast.  Ordered a pancake and it covered the whole plate.  The town also has a destination hardware store that everyone goes to.  It had everything imaginable even non hardware stuff.  There was a detour on route.  A bridge was out.  We decided to try it and luckily we were able to carry our bikes through it.  It was a Saturday so there were no workers there.  We are in the Adirondack Mountains now and into hills.  The last few weeks it has been pretty flat riding so now we have to get back our climbing legs.

August 3 - 54 miles to North Hudson.  Today the hills were hard but the downhills were really fun.  A little fog when we started but the sun finally came through.   Think we have our climbing legs back.  When we got into camp, the sun was out enough to dry tents. We will see if they stay dry.