Headed to Wantagh later than planned with the big 36er unicycle and rode down to check out Jones Beach.

Had originally thought I'd ride towards Tobay first, but it was foggy on the way down and seemed that might make for a shorter ride than planned, so did the Jones Beach end first. Rain this morning and cooler temperatures meant light enough foot traffic for riding on the boardwalk to be reasonable. They've now blocked off the very west end with fencing at that parking lot being broken up, but it didn't look like the path went that much further. Also ducked over to the west boat basin until encountering a no bikes sign.

Then headed back and about two miles towards Tobay, but with sunset approaching decided to turn back, and discovered a minor headwind - which made me start thinking about something to keep my fingertips warm (I had several extra body layers I didn't need) Caught sunset on the way back North.



Although there are some cracks in the path there's not any displacement yet so this was by far the smoothest ride I've had in a long time - worst part was a few minor frost heaves in Cedar Creek Park but nothing like those on the Westchester trails or Cherry Walk. Actually kind of wish I'd brought the smaller 29er with it's 1.55x internal gear hub as the smooth path would have been a good place to work on confidence to cruise faster on the high gear mode of that.