A very pleasant ride to Merrimack, Massachusetts

After fifty-five miles of abuse, we needed an easy route.  Off at 7:33 onto roads which were flat and humane.  Quite a few miles on rails to trails and very few hills overall.  Fearing that rain would hammer us Evan and I wasted no time with pit stops.  A quick lunch at Wendy’s and we rolled on.  Eventually we worked our way through Lowell and Lawrence and gave it a final  push to Merrimack where we checked into a Best Western around 2:30.  Fifty-six miles and we could have done more but were concerned about where we could stay once out of the city.  After chilling down we picked up some really cold IPAs and some Chinese takeout.  Lights out well before sunset given our long day on the road.  With a hot day forecast for tomorrow we will get a very early start tomorrow.  One hundred miles to go.