Cape Cod Canal
Cape Cod Rail Trail
Thursday - Cape Cod Canal - About a dozen TOHG members met for lunch at Seafood Sam’s. Watching radar weather it looked like the rain would miss us so we decided to set off on our Cape Cod Canal ride. As luck would have it, no sooner had we set off than it started to sprinkle. Thinking it would soon pass we continued on. Wrong choice! Sprinkles turned to mist which turned to showers which turned to steady drizzle and a strong headwind on our return. Finally returning to our starting point we were soaked to the bone but glad we got our ride in.
Friday - Shining Sea Falmouth to Woods Hole - Our pick of the weekend. A couple dozen or more members set off from Falmouth on Friday morning. The Shining Sea Trail is a New England gem and one of the most beautiful trails in all New England. The skies were rain-free, gentle breezes accompanied us as we rode past marshes, cranberry bogs and white sand beaches. Many of us lunched at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute cafeteria before our return ride.
Saturday - Cape Cod Rail Trail Dennis to Chatham - this was the ride that tested us most. Very strong winds tried our souls as we fought strong headwinds. But it was a beautiful ride past glacial or kettle ponds, through the woods and skirting Chatham Airport. We stopped just outside downtown Chatham at a French cafe for a delightful al fresco lunch before returning to our start.
Alan U
