This ride is a moderate ride. We'll pace ourselves at 15mph on the flats, slower if there's wind. If you need to ride faster, this ride will not be comfortable for you.
Sometimes we have so much fun on rides that we forget about time and take long breaks. We're counting on everyone to help keep things moving.
Weather. It can get pretty breezy so close to the harbors and bays, especially if the wind kicks up while we ride the narrow Lloyd Neck Causeway. It will probably be really warm, so you should not need a windbreaker. However, a string bag to carry a rain jacket or discarded layers may come in handy.
Meet Time and Location. 9:00 at Huntington Station
-If by train, from Atlantic station, take the 7:36 to Huntington, arriving 8:56
-If by car, use the parking at Huntington station. (Note: There is a free lot on the corner catty corner to the corner with the station. To park at the station, you need to download an app and pay.) Meet the group in the parking lot on the north side of the tracks.
Lunch. We will stop for lunch in Caumsett, which has a fully-shaded, open air dining "shed" and a cafe stand that sells salads, ciabattas, wraps, sweets, snacks, and beverages. You can brown bag it, or buy your lunch at the stand. Menu: https://www.caumsettfoundation.org/cafe
What to bring. Even though the days are getting long, bring charged lights in case flats or other surprises keep us out later than anticipated. And of course, bring water, a snack, 1 or 2 spare inner tubes, and the tools that you'll need if you do get a flat.
Route. https://ridewithgps.com/routes/49127611
More Info.
For hundreds of years before the Europeans arrived, the Matinecock Tribe occupied the area that is now Caumsett State Historic Park Preserve. Joseph Lloyd Manor, just outside the park, was completed in 1767 for Joseph Lloyd (1716–1780). The house was the center of the Manor of Queens Village, a 3,000-acre provisioning plantation established in the late 17th century on the ancestral lands of the Matinecock Nation. Jupiter Hammon (1711–before 1806), one of the first published African American writers, was one of the many people of African descent enslaved at the site. The British occupied Joseph Lloyd Manor during the Revolutionary War, and it is where Hammon authored his most significant works about the moral conflicts of slavery and freedom in the early United States. In the 1920s, the property was purchased by Marshall Field III, who made it into a gold coast estate.
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Caumsett State Historic Park Preserve