Thanks - yes riding up to Bear Mt is great, and the climb is great. Lately Sharon and I have gotten into riding up thru the interior thru the Seven Lakes, then crossing the Bear Mt Bridge and riding back thru Westchester, following some variation of the second half of GWB-BM loop route on the website. (Otherwise we ride the west side along the river too often).

Not to be forgotten is the idea of riding up the west side to Bear Mt, then continuing north to the Storm King Mt Highway, then crossing to Beacon and taking the train home. Actually we've found some fairly nice roads (first half of this report) on the west side then crossing to the Poughkeepsie Metro North station.

Ken