Day 74 Woodstock/Saugerties KOA 2

Fri 10/8 – 3722 steps & a long, long cycle, more than 50 km with lots of hills (44 flights)
Song: 19th Nervous Breakdown by Rolling Stones

We went on a very long cycle from the campsite into Saugerties. It started off being very stressful for me, as we had to ride on busy roads with little or no shoulder. I get a wobble everytime a car comes past. David does not always hear the oncoming cars and he veers slightly when he turns around to see if I am behind him. I have visions of him being taken out in front of my eyes. It may be ridiculous, but I find it stressful. David does not fully understand this. I sing “here comes my 19th nervous breakdown” as I am peddling along.
We both have bike trail apps, some better than others, but you still have to find a route to the trail. There are roads with bike paths or pavements, but google doesn’t always show them. We generally have a dispute of varying intensity about which way to go.
Today, we decided to have lunch in Saugerties, however, getting there took a bit longer than expected. Thus both of us ended up a little hangry. David wanted to go the shortest route and I wanted to go out of our way to avoid traffic. Not the happiest lunch, even though the food and the coffee were excellent. However, after the blood sugar was normalized and we fetched a map from the visitor’s centre, we found the bike paths and the quiet roads. Life was good again, in spite of the rain. Saugerties has a quaint main road, with interesting shops, but we did not do much sightseeing or shopping as it was getting late.
We rode home through a lovely forest and saw a lot of deer and a lot of interesting houses. Most of the forest is on private land and there are notices posted stating trespassers will be prosecuted, so we stuck to the roads. There were some hectic hills and I could not keep up with David, in spite of my battery assist. At the end, we had a short way to go with traffic, but I kept my head down and chanted my travel mantra. We arrived home safely. I always feel great after the ride and resolve to ride more often.