Three Lakes and a River
This club ride is one of the most scenic on the circuit. John, Kyle and I wanted to do more than just the nearly 40 this ride provides, so we go up early, carpooled north to exit 24 and started at 8am. Kyle led us on a southern loop for 30 some miles. We then followed an old cue Kyle found of the actual club ride. ‘Course we were nearly an hour early finishing our bonus miles, so decided to ditch the group and just do the ride ourselves. Good idea, since the last couple miles had us riding in an steadily increasing sprinkle. The drive home was through a very soaking downpour at times–not that we felt it safe and warm inside the family truckster. Well, OK, John’s bike up on the roof got soaked, but it’s a trooper and put up with it with nary a whimper.
This ride wins the title of “Most Pedestrians Passed.” They were out in droves. Several droves. In spite of the mildly threatening skies people were enjoying the beautiful Adirondacks. There were lots of roadies and casual cyclists out as well. At one point we asked directions and the woman in the white BMW was very friendly and helped us on our way. Apparently we were all so absorbed by our riding that we overlooked a street sign for the turn we needed. A sign that looked less than a year old, positioned in an optimal viewing position, plainly next to the road in which it marks. Mind you two of us had GPS’s and the other had a cue sheet. How lame is that? Thankfully we only went a mile out of our way, which was purely by luck since the missed turn was only a mile from the “T” intersection we stopped at to get our bearings.
The three lakes are Friends Lake, Schroon Lake, and Brant Lake, in order. We almost go by Loon Lake, but not quite.
Google map of the course.
Total climbing 2903 feet in 60 miles.
