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Can you remember life before the invention of the GPS? I can! There were plenty of days that I spent riding around with a crinkled/torn map trying to find dusty county roads while hunting for the big story during my news reporting days. When that didn't work, you had to break down and stop to ask for directions and pray that the person telling you 1) was from the area, 2) knew what they were talking about and 3) liked the television station I worked for (there were several times when folks just sent us on wild goose chases out of spite).

Having recently hit a huge sale at the Baby Gap outlet in Manchester, Vermont, Brett & I decided to see if lightening could strike twice. The upside to living in upstate New York is that there are several retail outlets within close proximity to our place. A few months ago, while killing time, Brett stumbled upon a Gap outlet nestled inside a regular mall. We're not sure why it's there, but we're not going to argue...plus it's less than 30 minutes from our house!

In our newly one year+ long embraced adventurous Yankee spirit, Brett and I have decided that any chance we get, we should take the road less traveled. In this case, we did that literally.

We threw our new-to-us bikes in the back of the car and headed down the road a few miles to the city limits of Cohoes (also home to our favorite local falls). There we got on the bike path and started our journey towards neighboring town Niskayuna.

The Mohawk-Hudson Bikeway path runs almost 40 miles near the Hudson and Mohawk Rivers. The beautiful scenery almost made us forget how bad our hineys were hurting from the ride! The trail took us under the Mohawk Bridge and behind some beautiful neighborhoods...views we'd never get to see otherwise.

The Mohawk-Hudson Bikeway links Albany and Schenectady Counties and the trail is just part of the state-wide Canalway Trail that follows the Erie Canal from Buffalo to Albany. Cool thing about the trail: parts run along abandoned rail lines, following the old rail bed!

Brett & I ended up riding about 16 miles on our bikes! It was a great chance to see Upstate New York from a completely different perspective...just another good reason to take the road less traveled!

Found this little bargain at the Albany airport on our last trip back South...on sale for $1.99! Who knew loving NY could be so cheap?? :)

I have a theory that there are "boy jobs" and "girl jobs". To better explain, "boy jobs" are pretty much anything I don't want to do. You'll find lots of things on the list...like taking out the trash, killing large insects and dealing with automotive issues. I'm super lucky that my husband Brett often steps up to the job and gets things done. Ok, so not always with a smile, but it gets done nonetheless.