Iggy's to Quonset Point - Narragansett Bay Bike Ride No. 3
AGAIN with the good-weather-for-ducks! We will probably get more than three inches before this one is over, and that's not even taking into account the winds howling. Might as well call it what it feels like: a low grade winter hurricane, and avoid it if at all possible...
And me, in my mind's eye, I'm just heading out from Iggy's in Oakland Beach, down the coast toward Quonset Point, in my "unhurried" way. Why would anyone be hurrying anyway? In my mind's eye it's actually sometime in June; there are 75 balmy degrees out there; the sky is clear and there isn't anything else to do but bike down the coast of Narragansett Bay.
Hmm... There is one thing missing though, so let's take care of that right off: http://seagrant.gso.uri.edu/daytrip/north_kingstown
What you have if you've got one of these in your bike bag is the part of A Daytripper's Guide to Rhode Island that would be extremely useful on a 15 mile trip from Iggy's Doughboy's and Chowder House to Quonset Point in North Kingstown. And this relevant why? Because, in addition to the cue sheets that will eventually attempt to provide the most scenic routes from here to there along Narragansett Bay, it would be a nice idea to have something showing-and-telling everything about public access to the coast. The Daytripper's Guide is a handy way to locate the dozen and a half sites between Iggy's and Compass Rose Beach, off the south east coast of Quonset Point, that, if you felt like it, you could climb off your bike and get some Rhode Island sand between your toes. Hey, I'm just saying, check them out...
The most impressive sites literally jump off the page, like the year-round facilities of Goddard State Park (#2) and Sandy Point Beach at the end of Potowomut Neck (#1). Within the Quonset Point Industrial Park there are public amenities (bathrooms/picnic benches) at the Allen Harbor Complex (#34) to the north and the 800-linear-foot sandy-and-swimmable Compass Rose Beach (#33) to the south.
I wish I could say when I will get around to cranking out those cue sheets. But if this winter keeps on keeping on like it has so far, it won't be that long. It can't be that long! There are just too many places out there along the Narragansett Bay shoreline to explore by bike, and anything that can be done to advance that ball needs to get done now, while staying inside still makes some sense.
Finally, while on the subject of public access, Rhode Island Sea Grant, Narragansett, R.I. has put out a truly extraordinary 75 page "cousin" to the Daytripper's Guide noted herein. It is entitled Public Access to the Rhode Island Coast and can be downloaded at:
www.crc.uri.edu/download/GB_AccessGuide.pdf
Between these two publications anyone interested in visiting any of the 344 parks, wildlife refuges, beaches, fishing sites, boat ramps, pathways and views along the Rhode Island's magnificent shoreline can find their way to the best sites that our RI coast has to offer. The very best part is that these wonderful sites belong to all of us and are just waiting for us appreciate them...
And me, in my mind's eye, I'm just heading out from Iggy's in Oakland Beach, down the coast toward Quonset Point, in my "unhurried" way. Why would anyone be hurrying anyway? In my mind's eye it's actually sometime in June; there are 75 balmy degrees out there; the sky is clear and there isn't anything else to do but bike down the coast of Narragansett Bay.
Hmm... There is one thing missing though, so let's take care of that right off: http://seagrant.gso.uri.edu/daytrip/north_kingstown
What you have if you've got one of these in your bike bag is the part of A Daytripper's Guide to Rhode Island that would be extremely useful on a 15 mile trip from Iggy's Doughboy's and Chowder House to Quonset Point in North Kingstown. And this relevant why? Because, in addition to the cue sheets that will eventually attempt to provide the most scenic routes from here to there along Narragansett Bay, it would be a nice idea to have something showing-and-telling everything about public access to the coast. The Daytripper's Guide is a handy way to locate the dozen and a half sites between Iggy's and Compass Rose Beach, off the south east coast of Quonset Point, that, if you felt like it, you could climb off your bike and get some Rhode Island sand between your toes. Hey, I'm just saying, check them out...
The most impressive sites literally jump off the page, like the year-round facilities of Goddard State Park (#2) and Sandy Point Beach at the end of Potowomut Neck (#1). Within the Quonset Point Industrial Park there are public amenities (bathrooms/picnic benches) at the Allen Harbor Complex (#34) to the north and the 800-linear-foot sandy-and-swimmable Compass Rose Beach (#33) to the south.
I wish I could say when I will get around to cranking out those cue sheets. But if this winter keeps on keeping on like it has so far, it won't be that long. It can't be that long! There are just too many places out there along the Narragansett Bay shoreline to explore by bike, and anything that can be done to advance that ball needs to get done now, while staying inside still makes some sense.
Finally, while on the subject of public access, Rhode Island Sea Grant, Narragansett, R.I. has put out a truly extraordinary 75 page "cousin" to the Daytripper's Guide noted herein. It is entitled Public Access to the Rhode Island Coast and can be downloaded at:
www.crc.uri.edu/download/GB_AccessGuide.pdf
Between these two publications anyone interested in visiting any of the 344 parks, wildlife refuges, beaches, fishing sites, boat ramps, pathways and views along the Rhode Island's magnificent shoreline can find their way to the best sites that our RI coast has to offer. The very best part is that these wonderful sites belong to all of us and are just waiting for us appreciate them...
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