Unfortunately it became an adventure sooner than we thought. After leaving Ithaca city we turned into the Robert H. Treman State Park which turns into a nightmare for every biker: HILLS, HILLS, HILLS ... Basic natural law seemed to be non existing anymore. Hence, rather than "whenever one goes up, one must go down", became "whenever one goes up, one must go up". The first three hours of our bike tour turned into a hike tour. And we were running low in water.
But after three hours uphill (~15 miles) we went downhill for the next 18 miles (< 1 hour) and arrived in Watkins Glen Memorial Park just before sunset.
