All twenty-two of us couldn't have asked for a better day! The weather was perfect, and the leaf colors were terrific. Thirteen of us went on the 10-mile ride, meandering through the leaf filled wooded areas, the farms, the protected area in Carlisle where we saw the beaver habitat and wood duck boxes on the water - a bog, a swamp? I'm not sure what it is called. The wood ducks are very colorful, medium sized birds that build their homes in the brush or trees near more shallow waters. They are ok in cold weather, but I don't know if they migrate anywhere for the winter. We didn't see any. As we moved on we went over the Concord River where we saw some people kayaking. As the ride progressed, we went through the area called Huckins Farm area where there are a number of horse farms and trees with most spectacularly colored leaves as you can see in the pictures.
The nine 20-milers came in shortly after the 10-milers, which showed how slowly we went, stopping often to enjoy the scenery and the colors. The food again was terrific. We even had a pizza. The 20-milers all said they enjoyed the ride immensely too.
Alas Bedford Farms Ice Cream was closed that day.
Thank you all for coming!
Mary W
Thank you Mary for organizing our Spring and Fall Rides!
You look wonderful surrounded by Fall colors.
