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Fortress Bikes in Hurleyville NY
We finally went to Fortress Bikes in Hurleyville NY and rented our first ebikes. If you want to enjoy a long ride to Hurleyville, you can start from Mountain Dale, New York. We have done this bike ride a few times from Mountain Dale to Hurleyville, and it’s around 25 miles or so round trip.…
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Bike Riding from Woodridge to Hurleyville
Bike riding from Woodridge to Hurleyville is a bumpy one. We wanted to see if any more of the rail trail has been cleaned and paved. Short answer is, nope. Usually, we start the bike ride from Mountain Dale to Hurleyville but this time we started from Woodridge. We parked our car by the park…
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History of the Rosendale Trestle
Every time we go over the Rosendale Trestle I think about the people and trains that went over it. The views they saw, the ride they had and the struggles they went through. It’s incredible to see this amazing structure standing over the Roundout Creek. I’m sure the people were just as awestruck as I…
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Biking Wallkill Valley and Empire State Trail
This year we’ve been so busy with hiking that we haven’t been focusing any time on biking. Last year Nihad’s bike had an issue and we didn’t get it fixed until recently. We finally decided it’s time to get back on that bike so we took them back to Wallkill Valley rail trail. When we…
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Completing our First HBTrails Triathlon
I’ve seen a few triathlons in my life but never participated in one. Perhaps one day before my knees give out, we will give it a try. Today, my hubby decided two weeks of resting his ribs was enough and that we should do a hike. We got ready, filled our water bottles and grabbed…
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What to do in Emergency Situations?
Sometimes things just don’t go the way you planned. This was one of those days. We got up and placed our bikes in the car and headed to Stone Ridge NY. We love to do the O & W Rail Trail with the bikes here and have done 60 miles before. Our goal was to…
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Hiking Point Peter from Reservoir Number Three
We’ve gone to Port Jervis plenty of time but never really hiked there. We usually go kayaking at Indian Head or visit family in that area. Today we decided to do a nice 10 mile hike from Sparrow Bush NY. We chose the Point Peter from reservoir number three. Well, I didn’t choose it, my…