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I just got a new wifi antenna, so I can get a bit more gain from any signals around... I'm still at dial-up speeds (I did up to 7k/s yesterday!) but I can go online a few times a day...

What are you guys doing during the summertime? Golfing? I like riding my bike in the BC ski trails, since there's no real mountain bike trails here in the area... I'm not crazy about road bikes... I would if I was living in California but people here are dropping nails and screws on the roadside to get rid of road bikers...

I do hate summers here in Vail but when in Rome....

Sunday, Rider.Steve and I, nabbed a guys day out while our better four fifths were doing other things. We went to Great Brook Farm, a state park in Carlisle, MA.It is not a 'core sort of place but it has wonderfully mellow riding with a few surprise challenges. Some trails were laid out by NEMBA.

Great Brook Farm has a mixed use trails system frequented by hikers, equestrians and bikes. Horses can use most of the trails with clear markings where they aren't allowed. Hikers can use the entire network but there are some trails they avoid and are used almost entirely for MTB. It was my first MTB day there but I have skied the Nordic trails there for four decades. The X-C trails are also more easy and mellow than challenge, but very entertaining!

BTW: There is a $2 parking fee (pay at the kiosk and display receipt on dash) and they are short of printed maps, so, if you go, download or print http://www.mass.gov/eea/docs/dcr/parks/ ... summer.pdf

BTW2: There is an on premises ice cream stand.

BTW3: There are off system road links to more trails in Chelmsford, and, it appears, in Billerica. We got some beta about it from other riders. On driving away, I took a different route to check out those general directions. It looked like hardly any chore to link the different forest lands. Next time I go, I shall see about the riding connections in those other towns.

I get so bored in the summertime... Wish I'd love mountain biking as much as I like skiing...

Hey Great Brook Farm looks like a nice place... Not too far from here... I might give it a try next time we go down to Ogunquit... Any tofu ice cream down there?

I will have to try Burke one day... Everyone seems to agree that it's the best place in the east for biking, both downhill and x-country...

Nice article in the NY Times last week...!
Loving a Sport That’s ‘Totally Alien’ in New York City