We made it!
The Nutmeg Creation Tour has returned from a one-week spin around Connecticut.
We covered a lot of territory, though it has to be measured against more than mileage. The breakdown (from my cyclometer) looks like this:
- Prologue: Sharon Mudge Pond Loop — 7 miles
- Day 1: Sharon to Goshen — 17 miles
- Day 2: Goshen to Simsbury — 26 miles
- Day 3: Simsbury to Cheshire (incl. bike paths) — 31 miles
- Day 4: Cheshire to Roxbury — 28 miles
- Day 5: Roxbury to Sharon — 37 miles
The total distance is 146 miles.
But, remember I said it has to be measured against more than mileage. It happens that our tour went through the “bumpiest” part of our fair Nutmeg State. (I guess that was good for our Constitutions!)
Keeping that in mind, the effort that went into climbing several mountains and lesser hills along the way would be equivalent to covering, say, 200 miles on level ground.
Advanced touring cyclists could cover that in about three days — although I remember my bike mechanic telling me about a buddy of his who did the entire Florida-to-Maine coastal run in about ten days flat. Never mind him!
Our group, with fourteen on the road of varying abilities, did it in five days, and I’m proud of each and every one of you.
I’ll be posting more information to this site — including photos — as soon as we get all of our gear unpacked. The transfer cable for the camera figures highly in this plan! But please comment, and please feel free to begin posting your own articles here.
Matt
