So Faux Roadie: MA Day 3: getting lost...

Today can be described as navigational New England fun. For those of you who have never been here, just know that a road can change three times between street signs. So be ware the level of map you scout your ride with on the Internet. Oh, and there can even be multiple roads with the same name intersecting a road you will be riding on, so make notes on your queue sheet.

The other fun factors were oppressive heat and road choices. How did i plan this route? Yep you guessed it just off a map...almost got me yet again. This time it wasn't the distance, but the quality. Let us not confuse a "road" with a river bed. Evidently the MA State forest funding isn't there anymore. Their roads were questionable at best. Descending at 40mph is cool, some moss might raise a few eyebrows, but doable. The cake is taken by the 10x10ft sections of road that appear to be MISSING. Now those were the 'good roads'. The previous 5miles was something you'd want a raised up 4x4 to bomb down. I did it on my mud slinging skinnies.

Planned route, but add 10miles on for being lost:

Figured I'd do a handle bar shot for you blog freaks:

Now i've seen a lot of things crawling on the road, but this is a first:

First sign it was going to be a fun day, obviously it has no business being closed. Good CX practice if you wanted to have at it.:

Nice dirt roads in MA, or so i thought...Beartown State Forest would prove me wrong:

Mt hunger tried to om nom nom nom my tires on the descent. Saying it had some rain erosion would be putting it nicely. First sign that maybe dirt roads are hit or miss here. Beartown still awaits.:

If you ever see this in MA, turn around, no roads are bike able. Just my luck i saw this after I came out of the "oh shit i don't think I'm going to make it out of here" 5miles of road. Then I started the moss covered washed out roads which were paved.: