I spent last Sunday’s Open Farm Days touring around Franklin county with my co-organizer, Jean Luc Theriault. Over the last few months, we have been working to coordinate the routes for this year’s tour and its been quite an adventure.
After a new routes preview ride that took place in May, we learned that the route originally planned was undergoing road work over the next few months. This intended route included the scenic parts that visited nurseries in East Wilton and Chesterville, Apple Orchards in Farmington, and an award-winning dairy farm in New Sharon.
So, after some trial and error, the routes that we ended up choosing for this year’s ride included the towns of Kingfield, Salem, Farmington, Avon, Strong, Phillips, and New Vineyard.
Those routes and farms are listed below:
25 Mile (one way) http://ridewithgps.com/routes/571620
1. Marble Family Farms
2. Mountain Village Farm Bed & Breakfast
41 Mile (loop) http://ridewithgps.com/routes/571661
1. Marble Family Farms
2. The White Elephant
3. Voter Vale Farm
4. Island Farm
5. Longfellow’s Creamery & Second Chance Farm
57 Mile (loop) http://ridewithgps.com/routes/475154
1. Marble Family Farms
2. Mountain Village Farm Bed & Breakfast
3. Longfellow’s Creamery & Second Chance Farm
4. Island Farm
5. Voter Vale Farm
6. The White Elephant
We’re excited! More to come soon on brochures (to be released on August 15) and registration. Hope everyone’s having an amazing summer!
Tour de Farmington 