G2R2?
Dark and early, I arrived an the Franklin County Fairgrounds in Greenfield Saturday morning to help out for a few hours before my friend Peter arrived from Connecticut and I joined him, and Sam, for the 90k, no the 100k, no, actually, the 90k loop. Sound like there's a bit to unpack there? Yup, and the ride had barely started. First, Greenfield, the new start location, doesn't start with the letter D, so I'm asking, to avoid false advertising, will the ride have to give up the name Deerfield Dirt Road Randonee? Yes, I really like Greenfield, but I'd hate to think of this ride jumping on the marketing bandwagon and changing to "gravel". I might have to insist they trade one of the wonderful dirt roads for at least one section of riding the true gravel alongside railroad tracks. Well, the section from Bardwell's Ferry to Shelburne Falls isn't completely awful. No matter what they call the ride, Greenfield rocks! So does one of their little libraries. A...









