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by Marjorie | July 27, 2020 · 3:06 pm

Back to quiet country roads, Foster-Glocester, RI

Marjorie Turner Hollman is a writer who loves the outdoors. Link to all Marjorie’s books.

It was back to road-tripping for us, on an overcast, somewhat cooler week day, to enjoy time on our adaptive tandem bike. We have been putting into practice some of the tips to avoid crowds that we share in our upcoming book, Finding Easy Walks Wherever You Are. 1. Get out on weekdays when you can, rather than weekends; 2. Leave early in the morning; 3. Head out on overcast, rather than bright sunny days.

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by Marjorie | July 13, 2020 · 3:18 pm

Early morning ride on the Burrillville Bike Path

Pascoag Reservoir, near the Burrillville bike path

Marjorie Turner Hollman is a writer who loves the outdoors. Link to all Marjorie’s books.

We continue to practice what we tell others they can do to #Avoidcrowds. We packed our bike the night before, including everything we’d need for the morning and got up early to head out first thing. It promised to be a hot, muggy day, and we wanted to avoid the worst of the heat. Our destination was Pascoag, RI, (a village in Burrillville) to a very short paved bike path. Our plan was to start at the Burrillville Bike path, and do some road biking from there.

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by Marjorie | June 24, 2020 · 11:14 am

After dinner ride, Upper Charles Trail, Holliston

Early evening on the Upper Charles Trail, Holliston

With the start of summer comes the longest days, the most sunlight (and the summer heat, of course). We had an early light dinner and headed out with our adaptive tandem bicycle to one of the closest local trails, the handicapped accessible, stone dust covered, Upper Charles Trail in Holliston, MA. A helpful strategy we have used for avoiding crowded trails is to get out early in the morning, or at supper time, when others are headed home.

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Dudley Quinebaug Rail Trail Where the crowds are not

Marjorie Turner Hollman is a writer who loves the outdoors. Link to all Marjorie’s books.

While it was difficult to tell from the maps we studied and the trail reports we read, it looked as though the Quinebaug Rail Trail in Dudley, MA might offer a bikeable path for us to explore. If we found this not to be true, we had Plan B at the ready, to travel just a short ways north to join up the Grand Trunk Rail Trail in Southbridge.

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by Marjorie | June 3, 2020 · 11:40 am

Getting Out Early–Blackstone River Greenway

Early morning light along the Blackstone River

We arrived with our adaptive tandem bicycle at the Uxbridge trail head of the Blackstone Greenway, just off Rt 146A, before 7A.M, and found only one other car already there. Great. We wore masks, and pedaled along the trail, encountering mostly one, or sometimes two people on the trail, almost all walkers.

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by Marjorie | May 26, 2020 · 11:20 am

Coventry RI, searching for quiet

Marjorie Turner Hollman is a writer who loves the outdoors. Link to all Marjorie’s books.

When we last visited this area, the state of RI was working on two bridges over the Moosup River in Coventry, RI. The bridge will eventually help connect this area to the popular Trestle Trail, although that day may be far in the future. We headed down Lewis Farm Road and found a place to park across the street from the closed section of the trail, where the bridge work is nearing completion.

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A quiet path in Blackstone, Hop Brook Preserve

Hop Brook cascades down a series of small rock shelves

Marjorie Turner Hollman is a writer who loves the outdoors. Link to all Marjorie’s books.

We had thought to go farther from home, but each place we considered was closed to the public in response to overcrowded conditions. Instead, we decided to see if we could locate a small property I heard of in a neighboring town Hop Brook Preserve. We ventured out in the morning sunshine to nearby Blackstone, and after a little wandering about, spotted the trail sign and pulled into the SMALL parking area (room for only three cars at a time.)

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by Marjorie | May 5, 2020 · 12:07 pm

In search of quiet–Buck Hill, Burrillville, RI

Marjorie Turner Hollman is a writer who loves the outdoors. Link to all Marjorie’s books.

We often study maps prior to heading outside, and this trip was no exception. But it turns out that best laid plans still go awry. As we traveled on some unfamiliar roads we completely missed our original goal, of Black Hut Wildlife management area, in Burrillville. Instead, we overshot and ended up at Buck Hill Wildlife Management area, also in Burrillville, RI.

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by Marjorie | May 4, 2020 · 3:19 pm

Hitting the road during a pandemic

IMG_20200503_152857 — Ready to head out on an undeveloped section of the SNETT, in Uxbridge

Where to go on our bike and be able to maintain a safe distance from others when we are out? We usually avoid riding on roads because of the danger of cars not giving enough space as we ride. But traffic has been almost non-existent as we stay home during the advent of the Covid-19 pandemic, and suddenly our rural roads are more attractive places to wander on to explore the countryside.

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Tag Archives: avoid crowds

Back to quiet country roads, Foster-Glocester, RI

Early morning ride on the Burrillville Bike Path

After dinner ride, Upper Charles Trail, Holliston

Dudley Quinebaug Rail Trail Where the crowds are not

Getting Out Early–Blackstone River Greenway

Coventry RI, searching for quiet

A quiet path in Blackstone, Hop Brook Preserve

In search of quiet–Buck Hill, Burrillville, RI

Hitting the road during a pandemic

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