Dear AdventuRiders,
We were freezing last Wednesday on the North Shore and now its going to be HOT. Actually its going to be a "dry heat" with relatively low humidity.
So I have planned two rides that will be mostly shady and with potential wet stops.
The morning fitness ride will stop at KTR Motorsports (if I hear back from them), the Storybook House, Shirley Center, West Groton, and Fitch Bridge.
The afternoon recreation ride will be really lazy and use the Fitch Bridge to get to the other side of the river on our was to East Pepperell Center. If necessary :-) we can jump into the Nissitissit River and then check out the covered bridge and the Prudence Wright memorial. Then we can cruise the NRRT back to Groton.
On Friday, June 12th - Groton Center
Starting Point
- Name - Rail Trail Parking
- Address - 2 Station Ave.
- Town - Groton, MA 01450
- Navigation - Google - Waze
- Parking - Plenty - Park facing away from Buckingham Bus to keep the "Groton Precision Parking Police" happy.
- Facilities - Porcelain at Town Hall.
9:30 AM - The Morning Fitness Ride will leave.
- Route Map - Groton - Shirley - Fitch
- Distance - 16 miles
- Elevation Gain - 600 feet
- Unpaved - 1 mile.
- AR Index - Roughly equal to 19 flat smooth miles.
11:30 AM - We are scheduled to be back.
11:30 AM - Lunch Time
Blah, blah, blah, Filho's.
12:30 PM - The Afternoon Recreation Ride will leave.
- Route Map - Groton - Pepperell - NRRT
- Distance - 13 1/2 miles.
- Elevation Gain - 400 feet (easy - peasy)
- Unpaved - 1/2 mile
- AR Index - Roughly equal to 15 flat smooth miles.
2:30 PM - We are scheduled to be back.
Hope to see you there,
Bill and Carole