Utica (CNY)

Sunday Morning…Memorial Day Weekend. Let’s go to the beach

If it’s Saturday of Memorial Day weekend it must be time for Madison. Let’s get right to the report: RIDE WEATHER: Mostly cloudy and warm.. High 77F. Winds WSW – W at 5-8. TIME, TEMP, DP, RH, SKY, WIND: 8:00 am; 68 °F; 60 °F; 74%; Partly Cloudy; SW @ 6 9:00 am; 72 °F;…

The Madison Memorial Meander is a relatively new tradition with the Ride and, prior to this year, an unofficial ride. BUT…thanks to the mercurial moods of Mother Nature; this year’s event is a real deal CR…a long one; but a beautiful one. One of the traditions of the Meander is to stop at the Veterans…

THE STROLL. Forty-eight degrees; clear skies filled with stars and planets; quiet streets…great way to start the morning and Sandy was on a scent from the moment we stepped outside…so off we shot…well; okay…”shot” as swiftly as a gimpy old dog can hobble along. But she gained speed as she worked out the kinks and,…

Good morning everyone. Today is William Kardas‘s birthday! Joining us in 2016; Bill fit quickly into the pack with his upbeat attitude and affable nature. Despite being regularly peppered for weather updates he remained smiling and soon began helping yours truly with expedition weather updates for our CR’s — I can’t quite describe the relief…

TODAY’S HEADLINES: STROLLING WITH SANDY; “GROOVIN N A SUNDAY AFTERNOON; PLANTING THE SEED. THE STROLL. Sure; the sky was filled with layered clouds but a mild, freshening breeze was sweeping them out to the east, carrying with is the scents of lilacs and the flowering trees; raining petals down around us like a fine, light…

MAY 20 RIDE MOVES from 8AM TO 4PM; HEADS FOR THE HILLS! WHO: YOU! WHAT: “GROOVIN’ ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON” RIDE. WHEN: SUNDAY, MAY 20.  MEET AT 3:30(1530); ROLL AT 4PM(1600.) WHERE: WHITESBORO HIGH SCHOOL; ROUTE 291, MARCY. WHY: TRADING WINDY WET ROADS FOR SUNSHINE… NEED I SAY MORE? ROUTE: WHS TO FLOYD, STITTVILLE AND…

THE STROLL. Clouds, thin wispy ones, scattered puffy ones, vast curtains of gray, tinged with the faint orange of the approaching day, covered the sky as Sandy and I headed out this morning. Though the weather service proclaimed it “fair,” and there were apparent gaps in the clouds, we saw no stars or planets through…

Ahhhh…a mild 62 degrees and the planets and stars, strung across the southern sky like a strong of pearls — widely spaced pearls but work with me — greeted Sandy and me as we set out this morning. “The Bears” and Cassiopeia were above us, between north and north by north-east, and in the gaps…