June 22, 2020 - Newburyport
Welcome to Susan's Bay Circuit Diary! This blog follows my adventures with my dog Sulu hiking the Bay Circuit Trail . To get new posts in your inbox, please subscribe (see the little "subscribe" oval above). The rest of the past posts can be found using the little menu on the left. If you are curious how this all started, go here . Section of Map 1 One of the fun things about the BCT is because it is so long and covers so much area, it experiences different microclimates along the way. The heat wave took a day off today but the effects were variable: it was a marine influence, strongest closest to the coast. It was unexpected, so I didn’t plan a morning departure. Instead I headed for the very beginning of the BCT on Plum Island , a barrier island in Newburyport, where the temperatures were in the 60s. I wanted to involve Walter, so I proposed a two mode trip: we would park at the Joppa Flats Audubon place, bikejor with Sulu to the beginning of ...