It was predicted to go to 90F in the Catskill Mountains yesterday, so I got up at 430am, loaded the '82 on the trailer, and was on the road by 530.
Pulled into Mine Kill State Park at 830 to unload, and it was a perfect 75 degrees with full sun, humidity only 56.
I was the only person there, with the exception of the groundskeeper, who I've gotten to know, and a federal policeman, who always asks about the XS650 and how it's unique.
The park is monitored and supported by the US government, because it's next door to NY Power Authority's Blenheim-Gilboa Pumped Storage Power Project
The plant was commissioned in 1973 and some of its main features include the following: an upper reservoir, a head of 1,042 ft, a powerhouse containing four turbine-generators that release flow into the lower reservoir on Schoharie Creek within the project boundary just below Brown Mountain.
I was off to Stamford, then south on Rt 18, a winding country road south to South Kortright, where this large very active milk farm is, straddling the pavement.
Had to scamper taking this picture, as huge farm vehicles were coming in and out.
Up the road, Route 5 takes you very steeply to the top of Plattekill Mountain , where this impeccably maintained horse farm exists.
Someone waved hello from down below.
About 5 miles south in the quaint hamlet of Bovina is one of my favorite barns. I always stop to admire.