Falling waters trail cach/ride trip 4/29/09

thunter16148

For those of you who are planning on going and those of you that want to go, the Falling Waters Trail near Jackson MI is paved in its entirity. I have veirfied that with 2 different people so far. We are going on April 29th (wed.) time is yet to be determined.

Mighty_Mo

I see 25 or so caches in a 10-11 mile ride. It looks like a a 70 mile ride to get there. It sounds like a great way to spend a great day (April 29th)

ScouterJoe

Unless I'm missing something, that would make it about 20-22 mile round trip.

Mighty_Mo

We could take a couple vehicles to the end to "shuttle" riders back to pickup their vehicles. while someone stays to watch the bikes at the finish.

Or cars at the finish might be able to transport extra bikes back to the start.

Details can be worked worked out ahead of time. We have a week.

SmackyJ

Well you could count me in if I did not have any school. Sounds like a lot of fun. Mad

GizmoGuy411

Link: www.fallingwatertrail.org/index.htm (Also added to lead post.)

Link to a geocache near the center of those on the trail: www.geocaching.com/see...fc5085f81b

thunter16148

Thanks GG.
Now, how does meeting at 10 sound at the upwind end of the trail sound to everyone?

Mighty_Mo

Sounds like a cache against the wind and return with the wind plan to me.

10 mile and 25 caches = .4 mile average between each cache so even if there is wind it should be no big deal. 10 mile ride with the wind return sounds much better than the other way around.

It's about a 2 hour drive up for me, so 10 meeting time sounds good.

thunter16148 · Last edited by thunter16148 on Tue Apr 28, 2009 5:37 pm; edited 1 time in total

I checked the weather outlook for Jackson tomorrow. It is supposed to be cloudy and 64 for daytime high and East wind 10-20 mph.

So, with that I think if we want to ride into the wind and cache then ride with the wind back to Concord MI area. There is a trail parking area nearby there.

Lets all plan on meeting around 10 am and please respond if you will be going or not so we know if everyone is there.
email me if you want to go and I will give you my number

Mike