Thursday, February 4, 2016, Weston Conservation Area winter hike
Hike Leaders: Tony & Margie Lee
~ 5 miles,10:00 am start from Burchard Park, Weston, MA
Hikers (11): Tony, Margie, Adena Schutzberg, Bob Anderson, Carol Anderson, Judith McMichael, Kim Wach, Marie Keutmann, Roy Westerberg, Sander Nydick, and first-timer Bob Cheney.
Present at lunch: Helen Greitzer.
Eleven intrepid hikers showed up for Thursday’s hike in the Weston Conservation Area, starting at Burchard Park. Many of us experienced a little drizzle on our drive to the hike, but it was dry by the time we started. We headed east from the parking lot, through woodlands and alongside a hockey pond (no ice left). As we hiked along the stream, we noticed several mallards in two groupings. We crossed Concord Road and continued west along carriage roads and hiking trails (which we noted are also used for mountain biking). We crossed a stream via a rock path, but on our return upstream, a new and improved wooden bridge simplified the crossing.
The hike was about five miles and took us two hours. We enjoyed conversing and continued our social time at lunch at Dumpling Daughter in Weston center.
Report by Margie Lee.
RIDE REPORTS
Thursday, February 4, 2016, Spin to Stow
Ride Leaders: Ken Hablow & Jack Donohue
47 & 23 miles, 10:00 am start from Burchard Park, Weston, MA
Long Ride Report
Riders (9): Ken, Barry Nelson, Bernie Flynn, Bob Wolf, Curt Dudley-Marling, Frank Hubbard, Gene Ho, Rick Lawrence, and Russ Keene.
Gotta love New England weather! I am writing this in the middle of a February snow storm (on Friday) just realizing how lucky we were on Thursday, with 47 miles of filtered sun all day, the temperature at about 55 degrees, and as the day progressed the roads dried out.
All riders left as one group. Our resident sweep, Barry, volunteered once again. We stopped at Haskell Field in Sudbury, just before the split, to re-group and sort out who was going on which ride. Since the nine of us on the long ride were very compatible, we did not need a sweep, but we did use an occasional arrow.
We got back to the parking lot at 2:00 pm and most of us enjoyed a wonderful lunch at Dumpling Daughter in Weston center. After lunch we said goodbye to Barry who is off to Florida then California for the rest of the month.
Report by Ken Hablow.
Short Ride Report
Riders (4): Jack, Larry Kernan, Selig Saltzman, and Wing Chow
Limbo Rider (1): Harriet Fell.
I figured we could just hang with the long riders until the split, which in retrospect was a bad idea. We got mixed in, with Selig at the back and Wing at the front. Since no one was arrowing or sweeping, I had to drop back to make sure that Selig didn't miss any turns. Meanwhile, Wing was at the front and I had no idea if he knew where he was going so I had to make sure I was near him when the split happened. I basically needed to be in two places at once. Shortly before the split, we stopped. At this point I announced that the short riders should hang back and let the long riders go. Harriet, who had pledged allegiance to the short riders, somehow started off with the long riders and was never seen again.
A good time was had by all and the weather was fantastic. Selig made haste, post ride, to Dumpling Daughter, where he was joined by the hikers and Helen.
Report by Jack Donohue.
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