We were stopped in the early morning construction on Littleton’s Union Street when the flagman gave us the green light. He said “pedal pushers” into his radio indicating we were the last through the thin line of traffic.
Ironic, as we were indeed pedaling and at times pushing our way across the White Mountains, northern New Hampshire and a little piece of Maine on the Cross New Hampshire Adventure Trail, a new 83-mile dirt and paved route from Woodsville to Bethel, Maine.
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