2022-12-21: Harold C. Myer Road

Cairo NY Roads: 103/112 mi

Finally back in New York for the break, I headed out roadwalking in northeastern Cairo. I'm only a few walks away from finishing the town, something I hope to do over this break, and this early walk covered quite a few miles of remaining roadways. I parked at the Potuck Reservoir along the town's northern border with neighboring Coxsackie, then headed southwest in a loop around some hills backroads I had never driven before.

Roads walked: CR-28/Schoharie Turnpike, Deyo Road, Harold C Myer Road, Rudolph Weir Jr Road

Looking south on Webber Lake, one of several bodies of water that crosses this stretch of Route 28.

Snow and trees on the north side of Webber Lake.

I walked through a flock of chickens on my way, guarded by one extremely large turkey. This Rhode Island Red didn't seem to care about me or my camera.

Ripples in the snow cover this low in a field off Deyo Road. Compare to the same spot back in July.

An unnamed creek runs back and forth across Harold C Myer Road.

Snow covers the stone walls that criss-cross the woods in the town's easternmost reaches.

Harold C Myer Road ascends near the summit of Indian Ridge, providing views towards Potic Mountain to the east.

Pine trees cover small islands and peninsulas in the north half of the Potuck Reservoir.

A crater in the ice marks where some passerby had recently launched a rock into the frozen pond.

Another view of the Coxsackie side of the reservoir. This reservoir provides water for the nearby town of Athens.

An old sign marks the border between Coxsackie and Athens. As the Coxsackie-Cairo border runs along Route 28, this marks the point where all three towns meet.

Afternoon glare brightens the south (Cairo) side of the reservoir.

A view of the Schoharie Turnpike where it crosses the reservoir, with nearly road-level ice on both sides.