Looking for Kellerman's, Johnny Castle and Baby Houseman

Start:  Riverside Inn, Fulton, New York
End:  Pine Knoll Lodge, Old Forge, New York

Mileage:  102 or 103 miles, two different reports
Weather:  Warm and muggy

States Conquered:  Washington; Idaho; Montana; North Dakota; Minnesota; Iowa; Illinois; Indiana; Ohio; Pennsylvania; Ontario, Canada
State Being Conquered:  New York
States to be Conquered:  Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine

Particulars:  If weather and bodies hold up this could be the last Tuesday of the tour!  Only fitting that we're sitting in Adirondack chairs at the edge of one of the Fulton Chain Lakes in the center of the Adirondack Mountains.  Old Forge reminds me of Springdale, Utah which sits at the entrance to Zion Canyon National Park--lots of motels, restaurants, shops . . . . As we drove through the Adirondack Mountains, I wondered if we would find resorts similar to Kellerman's in the movie Dirty Dancing.  That may be a possibility although Johnny Castle and Baby Houseman were in the Catskills not too far from the Adirondacks.

This area is beautiful with lots of rolling hills and some mountains although the climbs are nothing like the bicyclists experienced in the Cascades and the Rockies.  It's obvious that development has been cut into thick heavy forests.  Kelly reminded me of a Robert Frost poem that must be based on his travels through an area like this.  The last stanza of Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening reads:

The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.

A report from Joe Thompson:  Today we rode 102 miles from Fulton, NY to Old Forge, NY. We are now in the Adirondack Mountains. I can see the appeal; it is cooler by far than the country we have been riding through. We gained about 1,500 feet in elevation and dropped about 15 degrees! Old Forge has a nice lake and looks like the full-on summer and winter resort town that it is.

This is a picture that Joe took from the entrance to our hotel room.

A report from Kelly Thompson:  Today we rode about 85 miles through the heart of the Adirondaks from Old Forge to North Hudson NY. Beautiful country and terrific weather today. We are camping at Jellystone Park (no kidding) for the evening!

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