Spider worts growing along the Gainesville Hawthorne
Trail.
Tuesday July 4, Strays will ride
out from the Boulware Springs end of the Gainesville Hawthorne
Trail
to the trails end in Hawthorne. This is a ride in the range of
32 - 34 miles. We may stop at the scenic
overlooks
if anyone is interested.
Meet at Boulware Springs at 8 am for an
8:15 departure. Form up in the parking lot next
to the spring house for the ride start.
Ride speed range 6 - 28 mph, varying with
terrain.
Average speed in recent times has typically
been approaching 14
mph,
This ride is pretty flat except for a couple of small
hills
near the Gainesville end..
Their will be a convenience store or rest room opportunity
at
about every 10 miles. We may also head off the trail to
visit
Tim's Fast Nickel if anyone wants to do that.
No pace lines, no wheel sucking, no racing, just a fun social
ride.
Helmets are REQUIRED on all Strays rides,
mirrors recommended, headphones forbidden.
Safety protocols are always observed on Strays
rides.
If you have not ridden with the Strays before, you must read
After the ride the hungry might head for a restaurant, if
anything is
open.
Any other questions:
Rob Wilt
GCC VP
380-0561
(All calls are screened, if you identify yourself as
a club member and I am home, I will pick up)
For those who have not been to Boulware
Springs:
Head east on University to Waldo road. Continue past Waldo Rd. (24)
east on
20 from University. About a block after leaving University to continue on
20,
turn right on SE 15th st. Follow SE 15th st south for 2 miles. Pass the
first
entrance to the Gainesville Hawthorne trail and take the next entrance on
the
right. This is the dirt lot. Park in the dirt lot or in the paved lot
near
the spring house. There is a rest room at the
spring house, and if that is locked (as was the case recently), there
is a
rest room on the trail one mile out from Boulware Springs.