September 20, 2021 - Lowell
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 . From before M to the asterisk Urban navigation on the BCT is challenging because the trail is not well differentiated from the sidewalks and the parks. There’s no official trail parking so I secured a random street spot. Added to that, I was trying to follow the trail “backwards” (south to north) which is always more difficult. Once more it was me, Sulu, and Benny in the stroller. After finding the trail, it turned out that the paved trail along the Merrimack River was blocked off for some kind of construction. This is a bit neglected but lovely stretch of trail. The trail starts where the Concord River comes i...