• Acknowledgments • Bicycling on Boston’s North Shore • T Commuter Rail: Newburyport/Rockport Line - Poetry in Motion: Amesbury to Haverhill • River Cruise (28.8 miles) • The New Hampshire Loop (32.1 miles) • Country Roads: Amesbury, Massachusetts to Exeter, New Hampshire • Exeter Jaunt (27.7 miles) • Great Bay Loop (49.6 miles) • Bird Song: Newburyport and Maudslay State Park (17.8 miles) • The Beginner’s Ride: Salisbury Beach (10.3 miles) • Rye on the Rocks: Salisbury Beach, Massachusetts to Rye, New Hampshire • Rye Beach Jaunt (29.3 miles) • Odiorne Point Loop (40.6 miles) • Migratory Trail: Plum Island • Lighthouse Cruise (16.7 miles) • Wildlife Refuge Tour (30.5 miles) • Quakers, Seafarers, and Shopping: Newburyport (20.8 miles) • Countryside Ramble: Newburyport to Georgetown (21.9 miles) • Through the Floodplains: Rowley (19.9 miles) • Steeplechase Mountain Bike Extravaganza: Bradley Palmer State Park, Topsfield (miles of trails) • Antique Alley: Ipswich to Essex (16.9 miles) • Detour Loop (19.4 miles) • A Pretty Fair Ride: Topsfield to Boxford • The Boxford Shortcut (11.6 miles) • The Blue Ribbon Ride (22.5 miles) • The Vintage Rides: Ipswich to Hamilton • The Little Neck Jaunt (9.3 miles) • Cruising to Crane Beach (22.0 miles) • Farms and Seaside: Crane Beach and Little Neck (30.7 miles) • Tally Ho! Beverly Farms to Hamilton and Wenham (22.7 miles) • The Mariner’s Way: Manchester to Essex to Gloucester (29.9 miles) • “They that go down to the sea: Gloucester to Rockport • Seafaring Jaunt (28.1 miles) • The Rockport Express (17.6 miles) • The Wind, the Waves, and the Willows: Salem (6.7 miles) • Rails-to-Trails: Marblehead (mountain bike rides) • Marblehead Rail Trail Loop (11.1 miles) • Marblehead Lighthouse Loop (15.6 miles) • Lazy, Hazy Day Rides: Lynn to Nahant to Marblehead • Nahant Loop (10.0 Miles) • Marblehead Lighthouse Adventure (16.9 miles) • T Commuter Rail: Haverhill/Reading Line - The Roads Less Traveled: Haverhill to Bradford to Boxford • Johnson Pond Loop (23.5 miles) • Boxford Loop (36.4 miles) • Dealer’s Choice — Mountain Biking or On-Road Riding? • Ballardvale and the Harold Parker State Forest • Harold Parker State Forest Loop (14.2 on-road miles) • Stearns Pond/Boxford Loop (36.1 on-road miles) • Harold Parker State Forest mountain bike ride (miles of trails) • Little League, Ice Cream, and Yard Sales: Andover to Lowell (26.6 miles) • About the Author