A Monday Ride

I arrived at Rick's at about 10am or so, and we headed across to the Beaumont highway, then up rte 32 into Palmer Mass. We stopped at Chamuras Bakery in Palmer and lucky for us, it being Monday, they were closed. So we crossed through town and picked up rte 181 making a stop in Thorndike to take pictures of a Massachusetts Central  train heading to Ware. From Thorndike we ran up 181 to rte 9 through Amhurst then up 63 through Millers Falls. We passed under the Mohawk Trail into Northfield Farms and stopped for Lunch. The Gas station/ general store/ restaurant had a sign in the window with the new restaurant hours, opening at 9am for food as of May 9th. We walked in, we walked out, seems someone got the dates or times wrong, restaurant Closed. We then crossed over the Connecticut River onto rte 5 and ran along the river to Brattleboro Vermont. The entire day was overcast and there was occasional mist but the rain held off. We ran through Brattleboro on 5 then jumped on 91 north through Putney to Bellows Falls. In Bellows Falls we stopped at a dairy Bar for Lunch then ran up rte 103 through Rockingham, Bartonsville, Chester and Gassetts to Singletons store in Proctorsville. I picked up some Corn Cob cured bacon, looked at the guns then headed back down 103 to the Vermont General store. From Bellows Falls to Greenfield Mass it was a run down rte 91 then down rte 5 through the Deerfields before jumping back on 91 into Ct.. Then 384 to 85, some back roads then 207, left Rick at his house then it was 87, 32 and 395 to the 32 connector and home. The rain caught up with me in style on 395 south. But it wasn't bad..after all.... we didn't have the bikes.

klay