Originally Posted by
BillyD
I frequently ride just for the scenery. I don't race so even when I do ride hard it's just to maintain/attain fitness, not for training. I ride mainly for the enjoyment of riding, the sensation of self-propelled movement which, unlike running, can cover a lot of territory in relative comfort. That's what I love about biking, the freedom to go wherever you want to go, self-propelled. 
Here's a few more images from atop Rte 218 over the majestic Hudson.
A wider view of Rte 218, looking south. That steep angle of rock continues upward for 1,500 feet or more.
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Looking south over the Hudson River towards West Point.
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Looking directly across the river. Notice the restaurant at the foot of the "hill". Just above the water line, about dead center of the image there is a train track that tunnel's through the hill just north of Cold Spring, Putnam County.
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Another angle looking south. Pretty impressive scene despite man's ugly, intrusive train track spoiling the view.
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A wider view looking north.
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things haven't changed much.
