#fingerlakes

The ascent from Watkins Glen to Hector is fairly steep and on a winding narrow road. My oringial plans I wanted to visit the falls, but planned to turn east before the falls, to quieter roads, and enter the Green Mountain Finger Lakes National Forest, avoiding the busy road as we rode towards Ithaca. Unfortunately, we had to adjust plans due to a nagglng knee pain for my riding partner. The plan was as little elevation as possible to allow her to spin in a lower gear and not stress the knee. This sort of knee pain (tendon probably) is fairly common for new riders taking on a big load. Also didn't help the bike fit wasn't perfect (but get better throughout the week). The upside, we got to see Hector Falls before turning east and ascending one hill with 95% of the rest of the day dowhill or flat. Future (and past) trip reports can be found at Mountain Visions ------ Panasonic GF2, 14-42 @f/22 with polarizer to get some flow on the water in mid day light