CANCELLED
Can you hear that thunder and see the lightening and torrential rain? This is the fifth cancelled Tuesday ride in a row. Five Tuesday rides flushed down the drain. UGH!
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Well it looks like another inconclusive weather forecast. So we may or may not be able to get in a ride. If by some chance it looks ok for a ride in the morning meet at the parking lot in front of Old Town Hall in Jackson (across the street from the Post Office) at 9:15. Check back in the morning about 8am for an update. Rain will cancel. If the weather does turn in our favor I was thinking about doing the Presidential Rail Trail in Gorham. It's a good early season route as it's a gentle and scenic ride.
This easy trail, on the old B&M railbed, will take us through the woods with beaver ponds and meadows and some beautiful mountain views. From the Route 2 trail head we'll ride the old rail bed to the intersection of Pinkham B road. Then we'll switch to Durand Road and take that to the rail trail's height of land at the Castle Trail in Bowman (Randolph). The return journey will be wholly on the rail trail. The ride back to our starting point will be a breeze as it is ever so slightly downhill. In all we'll cover about 20 miles.
Directions: Go north on Route 16 to Gorham. When route 16 meets route 2 at the T intersection turn left. Go through Gorham on Routes 16 and 2 until Route 2 diverges to the left at the traffic light . You'll see the trail head parking lot on the right about .8 miles after you turned left on Route 2.
