I'm in Western Mass for a wedding this week. After two days of vacation I have 84 miles in. Western Mass is far different than Ohio. In Ohio, those early white power brokers divided up all the land into squares. Square townships, square counties. The roads are based on a grid system. Not so in MASS! The road geography in MA is much more organic.
Solution: Buy a county map book. Have your cousin's son--the groom--help you map out a route to your Aunt's house in Northampton. it's 8 pages of the book: pages 6 and 7, 43 and 44, 72 and 72, and 133 and 135. Don't worry that it's a jigsaw you can't solve on the kitchen table. Just organize your gear, tear the pages from the book, fold the maps in plastic in order, and set off alone for two days of riding to your Aunt's and back. You won't be sorry. You might get lost at the bottom of Harris Mountain Road, but that's okay. You'll find your way.
You'll be much faster on the return trip, now that you kinda know the way. this works in places othe than Massachusetts.
Ride safe, Ride strong,
ride all day long. then go home
and write about it.
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