Cycling on Shelter Island

It was a gorgeous day for cycling. I got out at about 1015 and headed for the North Haven ferry to the south side of Shelter Island. It was about 4 miles. It is a small ferry that holds about 10 vehicles. We just took off and you can see the destination in the distance of the photo. There are 2 ferries that run about every 10 minutes.

The roads on Shelter Island were good with cars and bikes sharing the road. There is not a huge amount of traffic so it was quite easy. Below is the map of today’s ride. The green dot is the where the ferry runs with Shelter Island above and North Haven and Sag Harbor below. I rode a total of 30 miles – my longest ride of the year. There were some challenging hills on Shelter Island. I rode north and to the east, then across the north end and then the west side before going back to the ferry. I stopped for a short water and energy break at the north end. If it were not for all of the landscape workers and equipment, the island would have been very peaceful.

When I got off of the ferry, I had ridden 22 miles and I wanted to get to 30 so I toured around North Haven and found many dead end streets or very private streets/driveways. I did some of the same road riding I did yesterday to get to 30 miles.

After a shower and rest, we took at 3 mile walk around parts of Sag Harbor I had not seen yet. All in all I felt I earned my margarita, chips and guacamole at K Pasa a local Mexican restaurant. We then drove to one of the South Hampton beaches for a view of the ocean south of Long Island. A very enjoyable day. I feel like I partially made up for my lack of activity on the rainy Sunday.

Tomorrow I had west to Williamsport PA, where I will meet up with a friend from Pfizer who retired to Ithaca. Friday I will make the shortish drive to Cleveland.

Midwest, here I come.