🚲 🐎Biking thru Paynes Prairie on the🦬 Gainesville Hawthorne Trail🚲

My favorite bike trail over the years has been the 32 mile round trip Gainesville-Hawthorne Trail. We had ridden this trail several times in the past before I got active in hiking. Gainesville Hawthorne Trail

I am going to ride it out and back on Wednesday the 27th. If you want to join me you are more than welcome to. I am going to stop at a few spots along the way that may or may not be of interest to you. I won't be attempting to keep pace with anyone who is naturally faster. Conversely, I don't expect anyone to lag behind just to keep me company. Helmets are recommended.
I plan to stop midway in the quaint town of Hawthorne for late lunch / early dinner The Wrap Shack.

After the ride I am headed to my campsite 23 at Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park. I will be there the 27th and 28th.
Paynes Prairie Preserve Stare Park We are hiking on the 28th. Hike is posted separately.
Meet at the Boulware Springs trailhead in Gainesville, noon on the 27th.

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Possible risks from participation include, but are not limited to:
Injury from a trip & fall, venomous snakes, stinging insects, venomous spiders, wildlife encounters, heat stroke, hypothermia, noxious vegetation, weather related injury, insect or airborne transmissible virus and disease, smoke inhalation, wildfire, falling trees, drowning