What a gorgeous fall weekend! Both days were nice, but Sunday was the nicest day. Lake George was having the jazz festival all weekend, so we wanted to ride up on Sunday. Now Sunday is also bagel day, which meant a double dip ride on the day. We had a rewards card earnings of a free bagel, so we went to Panera Bread to start the day. It was 41 degrees this morning! That is close to the cutoff for riding temperature – and it is only mid September!
My loverly bagel:
Panera Bread is 16 miles round trip. We went home for a bit and I packed up a lunch to bring to the jazz festival. I wanted pastries, so that meant packing a lunch. It had warmed up a bit into the 50s by the time we left. We took the paths all the way there today.
We stopped for a quick snack. This was around mile 11 or so (or 27 total miles).
So beautiful out today. I think I kept saying that, too. I had some dried pineapple.
Just starting to see some change in the sumacs now. Color will be changing pretty soon.
I love biking – yay!
We arrived at the lake ready for some music!
The first group:
The sax player also brought out a bass flute, which is pretty cool.
And did I mention how beautiful it was?
We ate lunch while listening.
My mother came up for a while to listen as well, so we met her on the other side of the stage for the second group. This one had a slide trumpet – which was interesting.
We had stopped at the Lake George Baking company for a few pastries to have in the afternoon. John got lattes:
It’s pretty!
My mom and I each had one of these sfogliatelle, which is a shell shaped pastry filled with an orange ricotta cheese mixture. I had to look up the name – they should make it easier for such a delicious pastry!
I might have also consumed a fantastic cannoli that I forgot to get a picture of. I love long ride days 
Lots of boats docked right on the lake behind the stage and listened to music. How cool would that be??
You just can’t make up these gorgeous colors. We are lucky to have this jewel of a lake in the Adirondacks.
It was starting to get chilly and John and I were getting tired of sitting on the ground LOL! One thing about biking, you can’t bring your sitting chairs or even a blanket really. Time to head on out. I was a little stiff at first, but then loosened up and felt pretty awesome on the hills. Still in good bike shape right now for the season.
I took a picture of John’s computer today 😀
Ride stats:
Total miles: 47.3
Average speed: 12.4 mph
Top speed: 27 mph
Calories burned: 1410
What a great day! Fall is my favorite time of year. I really want another weekend day, though. I am not ready for Monday yet!
What a gorgeous, gorgeous day! Plus, riding to hear live music? What could be better? We are having a last hurrah heat wave here. There is no sign of fall right now!
Now that pastry looks worthy!! That is exactly the kind of pastry I would choose!
I love that you can bike to an event – what a wonderfully healthy lifestyle you and John have now! Does it ever seem surreal, that this is your “normal” now?
I love your day too. How much fun to have a bike ride and enjoy a Jazz festival. And the lake is as pretty as always.
I love Autumn too, it’s my favorite too, next to Spring.
now THAT is something Id bike for!!
and bring my sax…
BEAUTIFUL is right Lori! You live in an amazing place & so pretty! Glad you had so much fun & yahoo for your biking! Looked like loads of fun & food looked good too! 🙂
I love how you and John share this healthy lifestyle. We love jazz so I’d definitely be up for biking to something like that but I’m pretty sure Mr. Helen would want to drive LOL! That pastry sounds sooooooo good. I wonder if there’s a simpler English translation for that name?
What a beautiful day. You had a great ride, good food and it looks like tons of fun. Love the Jazz 🙂
Oh Lori. That looks sooooo fantastic. I love outdoor music and looks like the location for the jazz couldn’t have been nicer. (love the latte art too!)
Have a good Monday.
Hopefully the weather stays warm enough for a few more weekend biking trips. I’ll bet the bike paths get beautiful colors in the Fall. We don’t have a lot of color around here and I miss it!
Love that you bike to your fun events! That pastry looks insulin worthy (although you can keep the canoli – not a fan!)
That was a perfect day. I love where you live. Isn’t it great that you can include those fun little treats with all that bike riding you do. 🙂
What a perfect day! Among the (many) things I miss about living in NY are the cannolis!
I want a life like this! Being active while doing interesting things like this! And with someone you love! I’m working on it!