Would you believe me if I said you could create at least a 15-mile in-town road ride in the East Side area, starting from Hemlock Lane, near Walmart, and ending at Hurricane Mountain Road? Such a ride involves not only distance, but climbing challenges. It’s what my friend, Jeanne Twehous, referred to as the “hilly route.”
Last Sunday, I joined “Friends of the Rec Path” for our fall Rec Path clean-up. Monday afternoon, I had two goals. One, see how the path looked after our clean-up. It looked great. My other goal was to use the path as a connector to local East Side roads for a 1 to 2-hour ride.
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