Day Fifty Four....

After a croissant sandwich for brekker....

......I left Brooklyn.

TRIED to git up North quick as I could....but to depart the actual New York City urbanised area, it took me, like, almost two hours.....between noon-thirty and two-thirty in the afternoon.....just to get to the first non-built-up area North of White Plains, NY.

From that point, a stunning ride through the Hudson River Valley and the Southern part of the Adirondack Mountains. Probably the third most stunning ride on this trip behind Northern California Redwood forests and the Blue Ridge Mountains.....

One minor thunderstorm and 210 miles later, I get to Lake George, New York.

Lake George (the LAKE....NOT the town of Lake George, which is too fake and too touristy for my tastes, though) is stunning, as are the tiny hamlets that surround it. Ever find yourself in the region and want to see Lake George and hang around there forra bit?? Simply take New York State Highway 9N (NOT regular Hwy. 9) North out of Lake George Town and pick any place along the way (such as the hamlets of Bolton Landing or Silver Bay) for the next twenty miles....you will NOT be disappointed (although you will be if you stay in the town of Lake George).....

Paid SEVEN DOLLARS for a pack of Camel Wides here in Lake George! Shit......thass one of many reasons WHY I no longer reside in New York State.......There wasn't really anything of this town to fotograff.....ya seen one shite faux-historique village......you pretty much seen 'em all.

Montreal tomorrow.....

-E-