Wednesday Night Group Ride in Verbank, NY

So, probably the best thing about my new living situation is that there is a Monday and Wednesday night group ride that goes right past my house. This loop is the Wednesday night loop, though I believe they mix it up, to keep the non-locals confused about whereabouts, so as to not attack and cause general mayhem. E-heh. So, in any case, as you can see from the image, a whole lot of nothing out here. But it is some might fine terrain and so far the cars have been pretty nice.
But I have seen one too many skunks for my liking. At least they run away. The deer just stare at you, the rabbits look like they will run at you and the vultures, well, I run from them! They are big and freaky.
So at least two days a week I have something fun to do.

Watch out New England

So I am living in New York for the next few months. Til after Christmas actually. My homestay is near Poughkeepsie, in Verbank, and I am working in Hopewell Junction, at IBM's chip fabrication plant where I am a Billing Analyst. Which just means that I create and process invoices.
I found a group ride to train with up here, they meet on Mondays and Wednesdays, rolling off at 5:30pm sharp! Its a stretch to get there on time, but I have learned some new roads because of them.
Which brings me to this post. I created a course on mapmyride.com that goes up through New York to Massachusetts and then down through Connecticutt before coming back into New York. Should be a sweet 85 miles. I plan on riding this on this Sunday. Any takers on how long?