Dear AdventuRiders,
We are planning our End of Season Party and we are looking for a volunteer to host a pot luck lunch on Monday 11/22 at noon. Your reward is having a custom bike route designed from your house in the morning and not having to drive home after the party.
The weather for Friday is looking crisp. I hesitate to use the word cold, but the wind chill temperature will be hovering in the 30s all day. Dress warmly and we will have a great ride with Abundant Sunshine.
The morning recreation ride hasn't been finalized yet, but the plan is to explore over toward Northboro and then take the Assebet River Rail Trail from Marlboro back to Hudson. It will be about 14 miles with some hills and all on road.
The afternoon fitness ride will take us to the Assebet River Rail Trail in Stow (unpaved, but civilized) and then the Assebet River National Wildlife Refuge and the new visitors center. Then its backroads along the old Mass Central Rail Line back to Hudson. The route is 16 1/2 miles with about 4 miles of civilized off road and only 250 feet vertical. I am planning to bring my hybrid bike, although a road bike will work as well. Here is a map.
On Friday, November 19th, we will meet at the Horseshoe Pub in Hudson, 80 beers on tap! Here is a map. Its a public parking lot, but park away from the pub anyway.
- At 9:30 AM - The Recreational ride will leave for Northboro.
- At 11:30 AM - We will have lunch at the Horseshoe Pub.
- At 12:15 PM - The Fitness ride will leave for the ARNWR. Here is a map.
- At 2:15 PM - We will be back.
Hope to see you there,
Bill and Carole