Ryan and Sara (perhaps re-inspired by the travelogue in the previous post) set out this evening to see if that road continued northwest to pass over the Paskamansett river.
The road I speak of is the Gidley road (See note #10 in the travelogue). We turned off this northwest passage to explore the south, and that is when our troubles took a turn for the worse.
Ryan and Sara found that the old cowpath road does indeed cross the river at an old bridge. They did not proceed all the way to Chase road, but clearly the trip is possible.
Coincidentally, I spoke to Jim, my boss, who says that this is indeed the trip he made. He ran up this cowpath cross-country style. Then, after crossing the river, he cut through a yard to get to Chase road and sprinted back to the office. For him this is a very believable 6 minutes, 30 seconds. And that’s what he’s claiming.
I do not intend to race him.
Posted by James at April 26, 2005 7:14 PMGlad the route was found. I have the same sort of "I *HAVE* to" going in my brain with the cache I didnt find a few weeks ago. I know its there, people found it after me, but I didnt. Add that to my "go back to" list.
Posted by: Bob McCown at April 27, 2005 1:56 PMIt will eat away at your soul. That's why I begged the owner of the Shoreline Public Access #7 to tell me where the cache was hidden after it disappeared. I wanted to know that I was looking in the right place, and I would have found it had it been there.
Posted by: James at April 27, 2005 2:49 PM