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On Monday February 27, 2012 the sun was shinning so I drove my bicycle to Van Courtlandt Park and then drove it along the Putnam Trail. It was kind of horrendous going through the mud in the park but when I got to the Yonkers border to paved path was delightful. I use drive for my bicycle because you really drive a bicycle and you ride in a car. The operator of a bicycle is what powers the bicycle. The operator of a motor vehicle steers. steps on the brake or the gas pedals, and pays attention to other motorist. A cyclist does all of that as well as powers the bicycle. But, I digress.

I continued along the Putnam Trail to Farragut Parkway in Hastings-on-Hudson. I then turned around and drove my bicycle back to Van Courtlandt Park and then up to my home on Fieldston Road.

It was wonderful to find the section between Redmond Park and Tuckahoe Road in Yonkers paved. A cyclist can now drive on the paved trail from the Yonkers border all the way to the end of the South County Trail. I look forward to the link to the North County Trail enabling cyclists to drive all the way to Cronton-on-the-Hudson.

In my travels on Monday, I saw walkers, cyclists and joggers enjoying the path.

Why can't we all share the path in this way in Van Courtlandt Park. I am sure the path could be paved wide enough to accommodate cyclists and still leave enough room for joggers to use an unpaved portion and maintain the bucolic quality of the trail.