Before The Storm

 One last chore before the storm.  Clean the guddah.

Tropical Storm Sandy is bearing down in the Northeast and the calm before the storm as always is a nice time for a bike ride.  Both Brandon and I hadn't ridden our road bikes in a few weeks and both of us struggled at first.   Once we accepted we would not be able to hammer, we settled in for a easy 30 mile spin along one of our usual routed. 

Here are some of the sights of Mattapoisett and Rochester, MA.

Rt. 6 Mattapoisett

Riding past Mattapoisett Harbor

One of the two Inns on Main St. 

 A perfect sized home for two people

While everyone was shopping for milk, bread and beer we had the roads to ourselves. 

Not much longer for this world without some maintenance. 

This is the place wife and I stumbled upon last week.  A perfect spot for star gazing.

Tuesday Night Ride

We left my house around 5:45 PM and it was already getting dark.   We had to turn our lights on 20 minutes into the ride on this cloudy evening.   Three of us rode a 25 mile loop covering four towns.  Fairhaven,  Acushnet,  Rochester and Mattapoisett.  It's one of the standard weekday night rides but not usually done in the dark.  For me, riding at night is very cool.

For obvious reasons there are not photos. CLICK HERE for the route.

Friday Morning Ride

Sue and I decided to explore some areas close to the house and accessible from the Phoenix Bike Trail in Fairhaven and Mattapoisett,  MA.   We found a couple of gems.

The first is Shaws Cove in Fairhaven.  Houses are built in the hurricane corridor and must be on stilts above the highest recorded tidal surge.  That's pretty high up.

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The next area was the Department of Conservation and Recreation area in Mattapoisett.  We had a few choices of trails and decided on the Saltmarsh trail.  It was a good choice and this is the ideal spot for swimming and at night, star gazing or meteor watching.

Woonasquatucket River Watershed Ride

It was a beautiful day for the third annual Woonasquatucket River Watershed Ride.  If you live in the SouthCoast of MA or Rhode Island and ride a bike, you should get on the e-mail list so you won't miss this next time.

A 5-10-27or 50 mile option was available.  We chose the 50 naturally and found ourselves being challenged on a few occasions.  There were some pretty good hills to conquer especially in the northern section of the ride.  We moaned a lot but in reality they were not that bad.  Some took our breath away but there really wasn't one that toasted our legs.  Close a couple of times, but we rode them all and  crested each with a smile.

Would we do it again?  Youbechya!