Sep 17, 2024 — Cyclists with Bike the Barns in 2022 experience a chilly start to a beautiful sunny morning. Photo courtesy of ANCA If you’re in Keeseville the morning of Saturday, September 21st, you might notice a lot of cyclists on the roads. Two hundred people will be biking up to 28 miles around the area, stopping at farms along the way. Every year, the Adirondack North Country Association puts on this ride – called Bike the Barns. I spoke with ANCA’s executive director Elizabeth Cooper about how the event gives people a chance to meet farmers and see what they do.
Julia BoteroANCA’s Executive Director Elizabeth Cooper on Bike the Barns
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ELIZABETH COOPER : Couple years ago, we stopped at Reber Rock and my children were able to get out and literally hang out in the pig pen for a while, which was so cool. So, yes, you are literally able to interact and it’s just really fun. Last year, it rained – it downpoured- and yet everybody had big smiles on, riders came in all wet. We have these wonderful volunteers with Ithaca College and they were soaked right through because they were stationed along the route and at the farms to make sure that the bicycles know which way to go. They were absolutely soaked and yet just loving it. It’s a celebratory atmosphere.
JULIA BOTERO: Biking in the rain is probably my least favorite thing, but I can […]
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