Leader: Ron Altemus
Members: Donaro Gardner, Susan Altemus, Fran Jezisek, Sue Henn
Route: the ENTIRE Indian Head Rail Trail from the Village Green to White Plains and return
Weather: another delightful day with plenty of sunshine/blue skies, temps rising from 64 to 71, NW air movement 7-8 mph
AMS: varied with RL sweeping in the mid 11s
Mechanicals/Mishaps: none
Report: billed as a chance for Coastal NC participants to get in some miles prior to the weekend. Sue Henn, on her first club ride of the year, came because she has an Eastern Shore event next week. Others just rode as the IHRT is always so nice.
For mid-week, a fair number of other users, mostly walkers but several cyclists. Not too much in the way of wildlife sightings - maybe an immature eagle flying across the path as we headed up the slope to Middletown. Lots of turtles, including one in the Bumpy Oak pond that was just a baby - size of a dollar coin, if that. Many other unidentified birds, mostly heard, not seen.
Also of interest; fishermen have started trying their luck in the smallish pond just east of Livingston. We spoke with two of them who said snakeheads, bass, pickerel, and bluegills are often caught there. Whilst one of them hadn't yet had any luck, the other had a bucket with several good size (i.e., pan frying size) in their catch bucket.
