War Along The Mohawk

[Magdalen Jhonston]

This11-mile Empire State Trail section from Albany to Cohoes provides spectacular views of the Hudson River. The southern and northern sections, comprising 9 of the 11 miles, are paved off-road paths, welcoming walkers and bicyclists of all abilities. Conversely, the middle 2-mile section is on-road, intended for experienced bicyclists comfortable riding next to vehicle traffic. The route starts at the Corning Preserve in downtown Albany, heading north for 7 miles on the Mohawk Hudson Bike Hike Trail (MHBHT). The middle 2-mile section from 23rd Street in Watervliet to Cannon Street in Green Island is designated on the shoulders of public roads. In Green Island, at the intersection of Cannon Street and Veterans Memorial Drive, trail users have the option of turning west onto the Erie Canalway Trail route, or continuing north on the Champlain Valley Trail for 2 miles on off-road trail to Peebles Island State Park. The northern 2-mile section from Green Island to Peebles Island State Park is off-road trail. Parking is available at the Corning Preserve, MHBHT parking lot in Watervliet, at Cannon Street in Green Island, and at Peebles Island. Visitor services are available along much of the route, short distances off the trail.

Located across from the Albany NanoTech Center and State University of New York (SUNY) Albany. This seven-story hotel is the tallest, most visible hotel on Washington Avenue. Just 5 mi northwest of downtown Albany, 5 mi south of Albany International Airport and the Wolf Road market area. It is adjacent to the interchange of Albany, I-90 and I-87. Within easy reach of the state capitol buildings, the Hudson River and other attractions. Shopping malls and numerous restaurants are nearby.

Welcome to Extended StayAmerica Albany-Capital. Our hotel is designed with the long term traveler in mind by featuring fully-equipped kitchens and plenty of work space; amenities you won't find in a typical hotel room. We offer very clean and comfortable rooms with a staff that goes above and beyond to make your experience truly, a "home away from home." We are located directly across the street from the State University at Albany (SUNY) just in front of the MegaBus stop and minutes from Albany International Airport, Albany NanoTech, the Harriman State Office Campus, and downtown Albany.

All of our rooms include well-equipped kitchens with full size refrigerators, microwaves, stovetop burners, and many cooking utensils. We offer high speed internet access, free satellite TV featuring Showtime, and our brand new guest laundry facility is open 24 hours a day. Whether travelling for business of pleasure, let ESA -SUNY Albany accommodate you with our unique and affordable rooms.

For an additional $12, you can insure your registration. This provides for a NO QUESTIONS ASKED refund of your entry with a deadline of Wed, 5/22. The request must be made as an email to dire...@milesonthemohawk.com by that date. This insurance expires at 11:59:59PM ET on Wed, 5/22 and refunds will not be granted for requests made after that time.

There are no refunds. The only exception is if you purchase registration insurance (and then you are still subject to the deadline above). If you do NOT purchase registration insurance, your entry is non-refundable. If you still desire some method to recoup some of your entry and you do not purchase registration insurance, you can try to find someone to transfer your entry to, as described below.

Transfers are permitted through Mon, May 13. A transfer is when you officially give your registration to someone else by providing them with a code generated by ZippyReg from your confirmation page, linked in your confirmation email. Learn more about transfers.

For those unable to attend, you do have the option (after registering as an in-person registrant), to switch to be a virtual participant. This is done via your Registrant Portal (accessible from your Confirmation Email).

ON COURSE SPLITS

Live tracking will be available from the following splits. These locations have been chosen based related event logistics. They will show participant pace and expected finish time to provide easier understanding.

There will be cash awards to the first 3 males to finish and to the first 3 females to finish, as well as the first 3 MASTERS male and female finishers. To be eligible, you must also beat the cash time standard.

If 1 or more non-binary finishers are within the first 3 open or masters males, that respective male category will be considered an 'Open Gender' Division, merging the non-binary and male finishers. The eligibility of non-binary finishers for the prize money is identical to the male time standard.

We are offering complimentary entry at the event if you have met any time standard shown below in a race since January 1, 2022. Equivalent times from other race distances are acceptable.Contact us if you qualify for elite entry.

IT IS HIGHLY ENCOURAGED AND PREFERRED that you run with your own water carrying device. (ie. Bottle, pack, etc.)This will reduce both physical and litter waste, along with enable us to better allocate event personnel to activities that enhance your experience.

If you DO use a cup you receive on the course, PLEASE either throw it in a garbage can that is placed shortly after the water stopOR continue to run with it packed into your shorts, etc. until you reach the next water stop/garbage can.

Captain Jerry Gertz delivers a delightful narration (part on tape, but he interjects and takes questions) which is interesting, engaging, and very entertaining, delivered with wonderful humor. The climax of the 90-minute cruise comes when you go through Lock 18.

By now, we have cruised to Lock 18, which Captain Jerry says is still powered by the original GE motors from 1912 (the earlier canals were not motorized, but were opened and closed manually). The lock will lower us 20 feet, emptying 2.5 million gallons of water in just 7 1/2 minutes (and reversing the process when we return).

General George Washington commissioned Herkimer as a general but he had no army. But when Herkimer learned that the British had taken Fort Stanwix in July 1777, he gathered up a militia formed mainly of German immigrants to gather at Fort Dayton (now Herkimer, New York), to begin the 40-mile westward march to the besieged Stanwix.

Near here, is the Herkimer Homestead, which during the Revolutionary War consisted of 7 building on 3000 acres. The Historic Herkimer House, a 1762 mansion, can be visited in Little Falls. And you can easily reach the Fort Herkimer Church, on Rte. 5S.

This day we are on a small, 36-passenger boat, the Lil Diamond II (he even lets a couple of the kids drive it for awhile), but he also has a large boat, the Lil Diamond III, that is utilized by groups (including weddings).

It serves as a Visitor Center for travelers coming off of I-90 (it is directly across from the ramp at Exit 30), and staff cheerfully greet guests and provide travel information (and rest rooms) for weary travelers. It offers a wonderful restaurant with stunning views of the canal, and a marina from which you can take the 90-minute Erie Canal Cruise.

Today, cruising the Erie Canal and dining at the Waterfront Grille, we see a bucolic scene, but when Dr. Renee Shevat and her husband, Sam, were growing up, during the peak of commercial traffic on the Erie Canal, it was a noxious sewer.

The complex that is now a retail store, visitors center, restaurant and marina was originally a terminal building for tending buoys for the Barge Canal, before Dr. Shevat convinced the state to let her build a private enterprise on the canal, which is part of the Heritage Corridor.

This process involved five interdisciplinary projects which were completed by two teams of 12 students. Each project allowed not only for the education of the students who created it, but also for the continued education of KOA guests. Campers of all ages learn about motors, motion sensors, battery power, chain machines, vectors and inertia.

Also, during the season, the KOA offers a Rock and Gem Camp for about 100 kids (26 had to be turned away for the first camp) as well as Geology weekends for Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts (conferring a Geology badge).

I get to experience many of these sites when I continue my travels, biking 400-miles on the Erie Canal Trail, along with 600 others in the 17th annual Cycle the Erie Buffalo-Albany bike tour (ptny.org).

From tiny Florida, you pass the breathtaking Western Summit and take the Hairpin Turn into North Adams. In the nineteenth century, North Adams was the bustling hub of industry in the Berkshires, leading the area in the production of paper, textiles and leather goods.

A town of just over 7,000 people. Named after William Prince of Orange. Millers River brought industry to the town and around 1900 Orange was the site of the first automobile factory in the United States.

Originally known as "Volunteers Town" for the colonist-soldiers who received land for service to the Crown, and then, Nichewaug, after the native American tribe inhabiting the area, Petersham received its present name at the caprice of the King's General Court.

A tiny colonial village established in 1771, located in the hills above Adams along Route 116. With breathtaking scenery and a central country store, Savoy is a convenient and beautiful stop on the Mohawk Trail.

How often can you drive into a town and find it not to be a town at all, but actually two towns meeting at river's edge. Connected just a little above Salmon Falls by the world renowned Bridge of Flowers, Buckland and Shelburne become the picturesque Shelburne Falls.

The first stop is the famous Hairpin Turn. As you pull into the parking lot of the Golden Eagle restaurant note how the building nestles into a niche carved into the cliffs behind it. The building, originally a gift shop owned by Donald and Lewis Canedy, initially sat on the tip of the U-turn. In the fall of 1958, within a span of 10 weeks, two runaway tractor-trailers missed the turn and crashed through the gift shop. The Canedys rebuilt and had a recess carved into the cliff, and the building has been safe since.

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