Greylock Ride Report

The Sunday ride was to the top of Mount Greylock in Adams Massachusetts. Now to get there we used route 8 to North Adams picked up route 2 to Notch road and climbed the hill.

But I skipped a bit, let's start at the beginning, A.O.B. was at 9am at Dunkin Donuts on route 32 in Montville. Five bikes and four members departed on time, making a total of 8 people. Arriving in Durham we picked up one more member and two bikes, for a total of three people. (Steve Distacio was there to see us off.)

We went though Middlefield, Cromwell, New Britain, and Plainville, then swung north through Farmington, Avon, Weatogue, Simsbury, and Granby.  Made a stop for helmets in Granby

 and topped off the tanks in Southwick Mass. Then west through Westfield,  Russell, Huntington, Chester and Becket. Ran route 8 through Washington and took a detour in Hinsdale runing down hill to Pittsfield. Then north again on 8 through Lanesboro, Cheshire and Adams to North Adams. 

We parked at every stop light and wove our way through manhole covers. Then stopped at Subway before climbing to the summit.

Another bike joined us at the top, 

The thermometer on the bike said it was around 34 degrees at the top, but it felt warm and the thermometer leaves a little to be desired.

It was around 1:30pm when we arrived in North Adams and after visiting the summit and having lunch it was decided the quickest way back would be appreciated, so we picked up the Mohawk crawl eastward, and with the amount of traffic on the trail it was a crawl. Arriving at Greenfield we again topped off the bikes, 

And with some of the bikes dropping off on 91 for the express run south, four of us took the more scenic ride down through Deerfield, Sunderland, Amherst, Belchertown and stopped for dessert (Whiskey Bread Pudding) and coffee (and tea) at the The Steaming Tender restaurant in Palmer Mass. With the sun vanished behind the hills the ride home grew a little chilly, and with the sun down completely I was glad for the heated grips. 

I had filled the tank and set the trip meter before I left in the am, when the last two bikes dropped off on rte 32 in Montville it was a 343.7 mile day.

I pulled the bike into the shed at 8:10pm.

Not a bad day on a bike.

klay