This week we will start with the Knickerbocker Hill route – turn left out of the parking lot, turn right on Park Rd. Turn right on East, then left on Thornell. Turn right on Mill Rd, then bear left to continue on East. Turn left on 96, then left on Knickerbocker Hill.
At the top of Knickerbocker – here comes the different return. Turn left onto Stuyvesant Rd, and follow Stuyvesant until Charter Oaks Drive – on the right. Charter Oaks Drive will take you out to Rt 64, Mendon Rd. Turn left on to Mendon Rd. Stay on Mendon Rd until you get to Van Voorhis – turn left. Van Voorhis will bring you back to East – turn left on East, then right on Park Rd to 96, turn left and return to the parking lot.
Distance is 12 miles.
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For 11.3 miles – start with above route – on Mendon Rd – turn left onto Thornell. Then right on East, left on Park Rd and rejoin the main route.
For 10.6 – follow 11.3 mile route but stay on Thornell all the way back to 96 and to the parking lot.
For 8 miles – skip Knickerbocker – stay on 96 , turn right on Mitchell, then right on 31 and then right on Marsh Rd and return to the basin. (Or take the canal from Mitchell– only marginally shorter, but who knows what the canal surface will be like)