The second annual Earth Hour Night Ride was enjoyed by over 25 participants on a crisp, clear evening along the Waterfront Trail in Ithaca’s Cass Park.

Adding vitality to the group this year were some 7 or 8 youngsters whose energy was a bit more than the  slow pace of the ride could fully engage. But, they coped with their impatience by riding back and forth within the peloton and found time to agree that the scene was truly beautiful.

Following the official Waterfront Trail loop, most of the group continued on toward the Commons. We emerged as an enormous-seeming train of bicycles with bright front lights and blazing rear blinkies, easily holding our place in the very light traffic of State/Martin Luther King Street. At the Commons, we all dismounted and walked across to Aurora Street to get some hot beverages at College Town Bagels.

It felt like a good Ithaca tradition was being set in place.

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