I took a ride out to Concord this afternoon via the Minuteman and the Reformatory trail. The weather was great and the trails were relatively quiet. The Reformatory trail was mostly dry, just a damp section east of Great Meadows, at the Bedford/Concord line. That's the area most likely to be a quagmire after a rainy spell. When I got to the end at Lowell Rd, across from the Trails End cafe, I was surprised by how tall the grass was in the clearing around the information kiosk. Usually somebody (Concord DPW?) keeps that mowed.
Looks like prime tick territory.
On the ride back I saw a brace of five Lime e-bikes a the Bedford Depot:
I just took a look at the Depot webcam (
Bedford Freight House web camera) and there's only two bikes there at the moment, so they are definitely getting used. I think I read somewhere that all the Lime bikes in the Boston area are electric assist this year. In any case, that is all I have seen this season.