The chapter is gearing up for spring and summer season with four trail days and a host of chapter meetings. The trail work will include a couple of days at Harold Parker State Forest on April 22nd and on May 19th.  A large percentage of the chapter members enjoy the vast trail system that makes this park such a great place to ride.  Please take this opportunity to give back to the trails that so many ride.  This will be a great chance to come out and help if you have not been able to in the past.  On Saturday June 16th the trail team moves to The Ward Reservation owned by the Trustees of Reservations.  The tail work we do there will complement the boardwalk and trail work that we accomplished there last fall.  June 3rd, on national trails day it is off to the Thomson Street Reservation to help the Essex County Greenbelt with a new trail.  This area of Cape Ann is hilly, with a lot of smooth granite and will offer some challenging riding when complete.  Helping with trail work is very rewarding and there is nothing like riding on a trail that you have helped create or repair, so come out and lend a hand.

Last year each chapter meeting began with a mountain bike ride prior to the meeting.  Our goal this year is to do the same, but to increase the dozen or so attendees to at least twenty plus for these events.  The rides are for all levels and the meetings are good fun.  So please join us this year on April 5th, June 21st, August 19th and November 11th as we meet and enjoy the trails at Harold Parker, Willow dale, and Dog town.

The Thursday night ride will start as soon as the trails are ready and will continue though the fall come out and join the fun.  For more details on the above events please visit the web site at nsnemba.org.

Frank Lane - North Shore Chapter President - March 15, 2007