Friday, October 3rd: To Little Falls, NY.
We had a beautiful day for riding after leaving clouds behind in Pennsylvania. The fall colors were definitely peaking in NY. As evening drew close we arrived at our accommodation, the splendid Overlook Mansion, perched on a hill above town.
This mansion was built for a wealthy industrialist at the turn of the last century. It was saved from decay, restored and made into a wonderful B&B by the current owner. It was quite an experience to tuck up for the night in one of the turret rooms!
Trip: 350 miles. Moving time: 8 hours
Saturday, Oct 4th.
As forecast, we awoke to pouring rain with no chance of respite during the day. In anticipation of this, we had made reservations down the hill in Little Falls itself at the Old Stone Mill. We were saved by the Inn owners there who welcomed us at 11:00am - well before check-in time. Having unloaded our soggy bikes we were only too happy to kick back and relax within this lovely old mill building.
The above photos were taken this morning as we loaded up the bikes to head out. It was a perfect, if somewhat brisk, sunny day.
Sunday, October 5th.
Under clear blue skies we set off for Vermont. We dug all our heated gear out from the bottom of our saddlebags where it had lain for the past 6 weeks and thankfully this kept us toasty warm as we rode through the New England landscape. Just a perfect Fall day with beautiful foliage at every turn. After stopping for coffee in Saratoga Springs we rolled into Woodstock, Vermont for the night:
The view from the balcony of our room - perfect!
Trip:167.8
Moving average: 44mph. (This is what we are used to back in the Northeast. We feel it is due to increased traffic and congestion.) Moving time: 3:51
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