Originally Posted by
livedarklions
About 4.2 miles south of Nashua, the path goes through the old downtown Pepperell, and there's a nice ice cream/burger place there. Other option if yo do the 24.8 mile round trip is to stop at one of the several nice restaurants or Union Roasters in downtown Ayer, so halfway on the round trip. Fun encounter on the trail yesterday, a gray fox played chicken with me. It was a draw, we both veered off at the same time.
Thanks - that sounds like a good ride with one of my friends who bikes - might be marginally beyond my wife's preferred distance. Critters on the trails - we've had bald eagles (juvenile) next to the NRT in Boscawen, (and I think I saw an adult on the river in Franklin), turtles, loons on the ponds next to the trail, and lots of chipmunks (and their holes). A grey fox, though, that's pretty neat!