The Gainesville Cycling Club (GCC) will have its famous Memorial Day picnic on Monday, May 28 at Hart Springs in Gilchrist County. The club will provide barbecued sow, cow and fowl; club members should bring salads, side dishes and deserts.

 

Please E-mail Chandler (that's me, chanbike@xxxxxxx)  with your choice of pork, beef or chicken so we know how much flesh to order. Please let him know by 10 p.m. on Friday, so we can call the barbecue on Saturday to place a large order.

 

Hart Springs has excellent swimming (but 72 degrees!) and also has canoe, kayak and paddle board rentals. Entrance to the park is $2 per person. The park opens at 9am.

 

Hart Springs is 38 miles west of Gainesville.  Go west on Newberry Road (State Road 26), go through Newberry and Trenton. As you go west on SR 26, there will be several signs directing you to Hart Springs.

You can take either County Road 341 north (right turn) or CR 232 north (right turn) and follow the signs to Hart Springs.

 

The High Bees will meet at 9am for a 9:15am departure. Expect a distance of 40 miles with an option to make it 30 miles at a speed of about 17mph. We will probably go eastbound from the park until we get to 232, and then go south to the Nature Coast rail trail and ride east to Trenton. This is about 30 miles roundtrip. On the way back, when we get to the intersection with 232, we have an option of returning to the park (the 30 mile option) or going south towards Fanning Springs or beyond on the rail trail, or continuing westbound on the rail trail until we want to turn around.