Monthly Archives: November 2020

Despite my predictions that ride number 14 may have been my last 251 ride of the season, I was quickly proven wrong. Brad had planned to do a birthday hike, but decided at the last minute to use his birthday-boy privilege to call an audible and switch it to a ride. The route he plannedContinue reading “Ride 15: Moretown, Berlin & Northfield”

I’d kind of thought the Dirt 251 project had been put on hold until next spring. Temperatures were falling, Maddie and I had pretty much prepared the house for winter, and we got very decent snow! But as quickly as the inches piled up, they disappeared, fully succumbing to a streak of over 60° andContinue reading “Ride 14: Montpelier, East Montpelier, Plainfield, Marshfield, Cabot, Woodbury, Calais, Worcester & Middlesex”

The transition from fall to stick season had continued its relentless march southwards and with peak foliage already nearing the Massachusetts border, Maddie and I decided to get a ride in. I’d been keeping some of the southern routes in reserve for times like this, figuring there would be a day with sun and moderateContinue reading “Ride 13: Rockingham, Grafton, Chester, Baltimore, Weathersfield & Springfield”