I think my tone was from a surprise at how negative your ride report read.

I have never had anything but a lot of fun riding the assorted paths, as they are indeed the South County, North County and Putnam Rail Trail. They are still a work in progress and a certain amount of detours are to be expected.

You also have to understand that some sections, such as between Briarcliff and Millwood are unfortunately also Rt 100, a result of the state highway planners deciding 50 years ago that the rail right-of-way was a good location to place the improved section of Rt 100. Nobody had heard of Rails-To-trails back then, so we are stuck with a 3 or 4 mile section of road to ride on, with it's attending "rules" as to what side of the road you need to be on. It's a decent road to be on though, with a good shoulder.

As well, the horrendous 9A section between the NCT and SCT in Elmsford is a work in progress and who knows if the county will successfully get assorted businesses off the RoW north of Rt 117 and there's a LOT of buildings and crap to re-locate !. Thus a BAD detour currently, but the map shows that.

And as to the comment "the scenery is not great in others", my thought was, better to see the back of a warehouse from a bike path, then the front from a congested highway.

And to look at the bright side of things, you rode 45 or so miles without having to deal with traffic lights (mostly), cars, trucks, exhaust fumes, endless turns on assorted roads, etc... It probably cut a 1/2 hr. off any route you would have pieced together on the road network and was far easier to follow.

SB