No Cars In Cade's Cove Wednesday.
Gravel: Meet in Townsend at first paved parking lot on left, rollout time is 9:00 AM or meet at Rich Mountain trailhead (parking permit required) around 9:45 AM. Ride goes on paved road up Rich Mountain then gravel over mountain to Cade's Cove. Several options for return. Gravel, mountain or hybrid bike best for this route. NOTE: No ride leader on gravel ride this week.
Road ride to Cade's Cove from Coulter Bridge. Meet at Coulter Bridge, located behind Heritage High School. Rollout time is 9:00 AM, complete route is 55 miles but plenty of options to make ride shorter since this is an out and back route, turn back anywhere along the route. This may be a split group ride.
Another option is to meet Ed and Jay in Townsend where gravel ride starts for a road ride to Cade's Cove, around loop and back. Route is around 35 miles, rollout is 9:00 AM. We may join the Coulter Bridge road group along route.