RIDE REPORT
Wednesday, 2 July 2025, Boxborough/Bolton/Harvard
Ride Leader: Todd Palmer
31.5 miles, 9:00 am start from Boxborough, MA
Riders (11): Todd, Alan Cantor, Armen Kasparian, Betsy Kimball, Hugh Folsom, Phyllis Evan, Richard Shoenfeld, Simon Lingard, Wing Chow, and first-timers, Benson Marguilies and Stephen Karp.
The 9:00 am start time and the overnight rain helped hold the heat off, starting at a humid 74F. We all agreed that human arrows were unnecessary with the small group size, GPS users, and hilly route. We quickly learned that the climbs were going to string the group out and appointed Betsy as sweep.
We rolled by countless farms, horses, vegetable stands, and orchards (as promised) on the way south through Bolton and into Berlin. The overcast skies kept us from overheating and did not spoil the scenery. We re-grouped every seven miles or so, making sure to stay hydrated and fueled. Our third regroup was at the Prospect Hill Road lookout, near the Fruitlands Museum - a very nice group photo was taken – by Todd and then by Stephen.
After the lookout, it was one more quick roll into Harvard, and then a nice descent north into Littleton before turning south back to the Craft Food Halls.
About half the group enjoyed lunch and good conversation before calling it a day - a fantastic Wednesday.
Report by Todd Palmer.
