The first cyclist wheeled up even before Bob Holdsworth finished installing the bicycle repair station at the western end of the Cross New Hampshire Adventure Trail in Woodsville.
A family of eight — parents and six children — was ready to start pedaling the 83-mile long trail to Bethel, Maine, when the dad rolled by.
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