52 Photos: End of Summer?

Along the canal path during our Sunday bike ride.

Friday September 5th saw temperatures in the low 90's. Ever since then we have been on a steady and rapid decline to the point where this morning's outside temperature was a chilly 40 degrees as we prepared for a lengthy bike ride with our friends Brian and Cindy Westrich. Another sign that summer has come to a close is the fact that my golf league held its end of season tournament on Tuesday and golf is now officially over. I brought my Nikon P7800 point and shoot camera that Amy got me for Christmas this past year to the tournament and on the bike ride today. All the photographs in this weeks post came from that camera.

The 10th hole Par 3 At Mill Creek

The golf tournament was a lot of fun as we played 18 holes with 3 different Ryder Cup formats of 6 holes each. 2 man scramble, best ball and alternating shot. My partner and I came in third place for the tournament and were happy with our results. Besides, like they say, a bad day of golf beats a good day at work every time. I hoped to get some interesting golf shots (with the camera not with the clubs - although that would have been nice too) because it was promised to be a nice day. We did not get any rain like we did most of the summer but the clouds did roll in and some of the late afternoon and evening light I was hoping for never transpired. I do have a couple here for you to enjoy. For those of you interested we play at Mill Creek golf course which is very nice and you may notice the sand traps on the course - I tend to find those most of the time.

Genesee Valley Greenway near Lehigh Valley Trail

The crew at Bushnell's Basin

The bike ride produced more photo opportunities and here are a few to share as well. We started the ride in Scottsville and went south on the Genesee Valley Greenway for a couple miles before reaching the intersection with the Lehigh Valley Trail where we met up with Brian and Cindy. We then headed east on the trail into Mendon and a bit beyond before we had to do some road riding that included a few too many hills for my now sore thighs. I will say, however, that the downside of those hills were a lot of fun. We joined the canal path in Bushnell's Basin and headed back west towards Pittsford and Schoen Place where we ate lunch at the Village Coal Tower and followed that up with Ice Cream at Pittsford Farms Dairy where they make their own Ice Cream on the premises.
Once we finished refueling (thats what you call eating Ice Cream when you're out on a long bike ride) we resumed the ride on the canal path to Genesee Valley Park where the trail meets up with the northern end of the Greenway. We took the Greenway back into Scottsville to complete our 42 mile loop.

On the canal trail near Bushnell's Basin

Both Amy and Cindy are avid sports fans and once we left Pittsford after lunch we needed to stop frequently to pull out my iPhone and check the scores of the Patriots game and Red Sox game for Amy and the Bills game and Indians game for Cindy. I tried to convince them that all we need to care about now is the football scores because neither the Indians nor the Red Sox are going be playing for much longer. That argument did not go over too well.

As Amy said after we got back home, with the return of the cool weather and all that exercise today, we should sleep well tonight.