The picture is of the old railroad tracks from Wakefield to Peabody where the new bike/run/walking path is to be developed :-). Please count me as a volunteer for this as the one up by Hannaford's is a slice of heaven to me. Can't wait as an avid racewalker.

Good morning Don - it's actually a bit of a camera trick showing the path out of Beaver Dam Brook Reservation downtown. However, I have also been on those old tracks as well and was thinking about returning there very soon (now that the bugs are gone) to get some photos of the landscape there.

Hi Guys-
I would also like to contribute toward Lynnfield's rails-to-trails efforts. The Minuteman Bike Path, for me, is a great example of how seeing such a project through until completion can benefit the community as a whole.

Hi Doug - I went down and rode the Minuteman trail once this summer while preparing for Reid's Ride. The Danvers/Topsfield/Wenham one is also a nice way to spend a few hours.

Well will stand corrected. I used to cross country ski from the 4 corners in Wakefield down to the football field and back when it snowed. That was a blast and still is. When they open the bike path, anyone who likes walking, running, rollerblading and biking is going to love it. Bugs are a problem in our town. I can't imagine anyplace on earth that has more mosquitos than the marsh. There is also a growing deer population in our area and unfortunately for me, a tick got me while picking stringbeans in our back yard :-(. Needless to say Bill, you could write plenty of stories on our growing deer population, coyotes and turkeys. Probably on how to protect oneself from ticks. Deep Woods Off is getting lots of my business now. Will see you Doug when anything happens on the railtrails. It is the best thing and it really is exciting to me.

I've come across all but the coyotes so far in my photo-taking expeditions in town. The deer here are also quite fearless toward people it seems. I had a couple of ticks on my last outing, a fruitless bid to find photos at the old Mireabeau fresh air camp I think it was called. I always forget my bug repellent but never let those swarms keep me from good photos in the summertime. I also swear by Deep Woods Off actually...

Knowing me if I ran into either I'd sit there trying to get photos without thinking of anything else - seeing a bobcat out there would be amazing and probably very unlikely - I worked at Yellowstone in 1992 and saw coyotes but was never very impressed with them, they struck me more as scavengers or something.

Good Day Bill and merry Christmas. I just sent a proposal on how to save money to Mr. Gustus and cc'd yourself. Not sure if the horse has left the barn yet, but if we could reuse plans already developed from say, Peabody, we could use it to pay the construction costs or more trails. Had a bit of trouble connecting with the town's email and resetting my password here, but all seems set. Hope to work on those trails soon. Thanks,.