>>>>I do love riding dirt and gravel paths though !<<<<
I'm not sure if I mentioned this in my post about the Connecticut ride, but one of the highlights was riding along the water at Bluff Point State Park and feeling the hard-packed sand kicking up against my calves. The other favorite part was crunching the rocks and gravel beneath my wheels as I traveled the path around the park.
Yes, there is sure something cool about riding on an au natural bikeway. Too bad most of the ones we have here on LI are technical mountain bike paths!