June 15, 2020
“Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.” John Muir
We had a good nights sleep at Deer Run Winery – peaceful and quiet. We were off to pedal our first New york miles around 10 am. We parked at the Honeoye Falls trailhead. Thank goodness there was adequate parking for our RV.
We traveled on the “stone-dust ” trail east to the town of Victor. We wore our gaiters and covered when passing or approaching other trail users. The majority of which did not use face coverings. The trail was mostly flat with only slight changes in elevation – crushed stone and did I mention “dust”.
In Victor we rode a couple miles of the Auburn Trail. Trail was covered in large gravel and made for a rough ride. We did see a small fawn while on the trail. It was running straight at us and at first we thought it was a dog. So small, it ran into the woods just before it reached us. It was worth the rough ride just to see the fawn.
Stopped after about 20 miles for our gourmet lunch of PB and Js. Pretzels for dessert! Couldn’t believe how dirty our bikes were. Imagine what we looked like. š
We returned to the motorhome and grabbed some more water and headed east. We passed through Rush, with nice views of the creek. Took trail only a short distance past Rush and returned to trailhead.
We had a great time and completed 28 miles today. There was plenty of shade, beautiful forests and farm land. A great welcome to New York for us.
Hate to keep mentioning this but there was an abundance of dust. We were so dirty that we took showers right at the trailhead.
Tomorrow we plan to ride some of the Erie Canalway Trail. I think there may be some more dirt. š