That Smell

 Sep 6, 2024

Taking advantage of summer hours at work I headed out on a longer ride today.  Following the Connecticut River I wanted to ride up the New Hampshire side to Fairlee, VT and then back down the Vermont Side.

Mascoma Lake Lunch Ride

 Sep 5, 2024

On yesterday's ride I noticed there is was a lakeside eatery called the Baited Hook so I came back today at lunch to have ice cream.

No Perfect People Allowed

 Sep 4, 2024

For this morning's Ride Before Work, I decided a flatter ride would be nice. I thought I would ride up Route 10 along the Connecticut River towards Lyme and then hook back through Etna. Of course a flatter ride is never a reality when riding in northern New England. 

More Cowbell

 Sept 3, 2024

I had a work from home week after Labor Day Weekend and I was back in New Hampshire staying with Ann and working from her hotel room in Hanover. She went to work, early as usual, so I went out for a ride. It was so cold this morning that I borrowed an old pair of ski gloves she happened to have with her.

Scutney

 July 8, 2024

Another two state ride starting from Hanover, NH, only this time I headed south to ride around Mt Ascutney. Ride with GPS didn’t pull any surprises with the road surface types this time. 

Missing Link

July 6, 2024

Ann & I rode down the Northern Rail Trail in New Hampshire to Danbury, NH.  A few years ago, I had ridden to Danbury from Concord but turned around due to the weather. Today's ride closes the loop on this rail trail.

Two States of Pavement

 July 5, 2024

I took the Waltly out to explore White River Junction and climb some hills, intent on staying completely on Pavement. Rode down through Dartmouth College and over the Connecticut River into Vermont. It seems Vermont has a lot more dirt roads than New Hampshire so I pieced together a route that I hoped would be completely on pavement.

East of the Connecticut River

 July 3, 2024

Headed south from Lebanon, NH to see what the roads were like on the east side of the Connecticut River. 

Killington Peak from Leb

 July 2, 2024

Tried another loop around Leb for lunch and headed out this time on Greensboro Road, which is a more pleasant way to Etna from the Hotel. I will have to add this to my future routes. However, when I turned onto King Road I got a bit of a surprise.

RAW: Rail Trail and Dirt Roads

 July 1, 2024

Ann got back after her shift at the hospital and was feeling restless and wanted to go for a ride. 

RBW: Hanover Loop

 July 1, 2024

The week before the 4th of July was a work from home week for me so I headed up to Hanover to work from Ann’s place and do some riding in whenever I got the chance. I wanted to find a good 25 to 30 mile route that I could head out on if all I had was two hours to ride so this was the first attempt.  

West Leb RAW

 May 31, 2024

Ann got off work early and was in need of some exercise so we took a little Ride After Work. We started from the Hotel and rode down to the  Northern Rail Trail.

Back way to Lyme

 April 19, 2024

Ann I drove down to Wallingford, CT last night to see Judas Priest in concert and we got back to Hanover at a little over 3 in morning. I slept in while she went to work and then headed out on another exploratory ride, this time staying east of the Connecticut River. I found some commentary on various routes in the Hanover and Lebanon area, and one talked about Eta Road and how much less traffic was on it.

Two States of Rain

April 18, 2024

Ann began working at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Hospital in Hanover, New Hampshire mid April so I took a few days off to see her new place and explore the area on two wheels. There was rain in the forecast but it was supposed to be later in the day. 

Maine Miles

 

Staying so close to Maine I thought I would take a ride on the other side of the river and ride up through the Berwicks. I wanted to ride to Nubble Light in York but I got up late and only had two hours so I went this way instead.

Ride to the Beach

 

Saying goodbye to my son Saturday after breakfast, it was his mother's turn for Parent's Weekend, I rode out to the shore on the recommendation from my AirBnB host to check out Petey's Summertime Seaford.

Half Kanked

 

I headed up early to University of New Hampshire to visit my son for Parents Weekend. On Thursday we went for a hike at the Pawtuckaway Mountain Ring-Dike Complex were I first rode the Waltly after I buying it during the Pandemic. On Friday, since he had a classes, I headed over to Conway and parked at the Tuckerman Brewery and headed out.

The farmer said the road is washed out but you are welcome to try it.

I drove up to Durham, NH early for my son's orientation for University of New Hampshire and went out on the Ridley to ride a few dirt roads near the school. The first one was this Class VI road that checked on the NH Dirt Roads Website/Map as a through road but as you can see on the other side of that pipe it's just a choked trail that's washed out in many places.

Joe versus the Volcano Roubaix

After last year's Lake Winnespaukee Gravel Grinder ride I took an interest in this part of New Hampshire to add more dirt roads to my Roubaix to Brew dirt road and breweries map. Being somewhat of a topography/cartography nerd I found that were quite a few circular shaped mountains in this area. After some research I found that this part of the state was home to quite a few ancient volcanoes and Pawtuckaway State Park caught my interest. Also known as the Dragon's Eye, the concentric rings around a center mound mark the center of an ancient volcano where the magma chamber solidified and then collapsed upon itself, called a ring dike.

Northern Rail Trail - fka B&M Northern Line

The Northern Recreational Rail Trail, also known as the Northern Rail Trail, is a 58-mile multi-use rail trail in western New Hampshire, USA, running from Lebanon to Boscawen. It uses the right-of-way of the Boston and Maine Railroad's former Northern Line, which was acquired by the State of New Hampshire in 1996. - Wikipedia

My goal for this ride was to ride the entire length of the trail from Boscawen to Lebanon and back. I decided to go with 5 water bottles for this trip because in my reconnoiter of the route I didn't see many places to stop near the trail and didn't want to be caught short. The weather report wasn't looking good either, there was 60% chance of rain today so I was glad for the fenders and I brought a rain jacket, too.