I had a delivery out to Pawtucket RI yesterday, so since I'd be East of the river anyways, I figured it would be a perfect day for Case Mountain.
On the drive out to RI I made a few observations:
- Beautiful country out RT6 in Eastern CT; must be some fine ridin' in them thar hills
- All the closed /for-sale commercial property out there is depressing
- The engineer who designed the highway through Providence must have been drunk
- Finally, people heading West out of Providence must have been sharing with the engineer
After some Mapquest follies, I find my way down to the Spring Street parking area and the fun starts.
Case is a really great place to work on your technical skills. Twisty rocky fun with some natural and man made features to challenge you.
I don't know the area well enough to put together a good cardio loop, at least from that side. I have come home from the Birch Mt. side pretty spent though.
Fortunately this was sort of a last hurrah ride for me, as business is picking up enough that I'll be relying on the kindness of family for deliveries out that far.
Perfect day for a "hurrah".
Mountain Laurel tunnels
Mysterious "ladder trees" conveniently fall in the forest
3 comments:
Rte. 6 sure is beautiful. I used to go for long drives out that way when I was at UCONN.
Any trail you would call technical must be damn hard. Looks like fun!
No more technical than Nassahegan. Maybe a little rockier.
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