Believe it or not, north of Groton, there's still patches of snow and ice across the trail. I actually saw someone wipe out on one of the packed-snow patches... not pretty, but they were OK.
All the fallen trees from the winter have been cleared from the trail, and the peepers (little frogs) were out in fine form (and LOUD) as I rode through the swamp near Groton. There was still a lot of winter detritus, twigs and junk on most of the trail from Groton up to Pepperell. In spite of that, there were an awful lot of roller bladers out on the trail. That couldn't be very much fun rollerblading with all that junk on the (otherwise smooth) trail.
Most memorable event from today's ride was the girl's roller derby team I passed (both ways). There was about a half dozen of them out, in full pads & helmets apparently on a group skate. They were impressive. I'll assume the one with the most tattoos was the team captain. ;-) They looked like they were having a good time.
So, a nice 36mi ride today; the Red Sox won their season opener at Fenway yesterday. So things are starting to pick up around here. Come on, Spring!
/doug
