In Search Of Seafood...

Route: Home to Bay Shore via 495 service road and Bethpage Bikeway
Mileage: 100 miles

We were a little sleepy, but excited for our next big ride.  We were getting good at finding our route out to Long Island.  We were also getting stronger--faster--and with diverse playlists!  Actually, not that diverse, our favorite tandem soundtrack is Cake, kicking it old school!  Feel free to give suggestions for our playlists!

Keegan requested we go in search of seafood, so that's what we did. Thanks to the magic of Yelp, we found a seafood place down in Bay Shore, 50 miles away.  We took our new favorite route along 495 for about half of the way.  We've become pros at this route, but as we got to a certain point, we had to make a choice when to break off from the service road.  Jen might not be able to physically steer them, but she spends her time trying to find the best or new and improved route.  Google Maps will tell you winding directions through surface streets, but since it's hard to start and stop the Big Blue Beast, open bike paths are ideal.  She found a bike greenway starting in Bethpage so routed them south on that.  Turns out it was a lovely path!  We only stayed on it for about 8-10 miles before we turned off to head farther East, but made note it was there and lovely!

We made it to the restaurant which was actually right by the Fire Island Ferry.  It was cute, but the food and service weren't terribly great.  Although, redemption was the fried ice cream and key lime pie we had for dessert (fact: if you bike 100 miles/day, you can have as much dessert as you want).  By the time we left it had cooled down, so we needed to get moving!  It wasn't before long that we hit a pothole and got a flat.  Dang!  We have our pit crew system down pretty well though, Jen handles Keegan what he needs to fix flat and we are outta there in minutes.  We load the bike back up and ride about 20 feet before we realize the other tire actually is flat also!  Dang!  So we do it again.

We made it home without further incident, and are excited to try to find a destination at the end of the Bethpage Bike Path for tomorrow's ride!