Summer Events
Maudsley State
Park, Newburyport, MA - Sunday, May 15
Join us for an easy to moderate
five to six mile walk on fairly smooth
trails and woods roads. The
trails pass an old mansion with gardens, go
through green and hardwood forests
and run along the Merrimac River. Meet at
the parking lot at 9:45 for a 10:00
AM departure. Parking fee is $2.00. Wear
sturdy walking shoes and bring
a lunch and water in a back pack. A $10
donation will be appreciated. You may
register for this trip by completing the
application attached or by calling
our NERSFL number which is: 781-667-9270
Blind Stokers Tandem ride: Saturday,
June 25, 9:00 am, Lincoln, MA
Mark your calendars now and
come share your love of tandeming with us.
New England Regional Ski for Light
has gathered the blind stokers BUT WE NEED
CAPTAINS AND THEIR TANDEMS TO MAKE
THIS RIDE GO. Please sign up and get your
tandem friends to come along.
Single bicycles are welcome too!
The ride will begin at the Commuter
Rail Parking Lot in Lincoln, MA.
Call Mark Remaly for directions
(781-391-2943). Parking is available.
The Ride: There will be
both 30 and 45 mile options that will follow
through Lincoln, Sudbury, Concord,
and Carlisle. Cue sheets will be
provided.
Lunch:
Both routes will meet at a common lunch stop. Bring your own
or you can purchase it there.
Captains:
Very few blind stokers have biking equipment, so please
bring along extra helmets, water
bottles, and/or pedals with regular toe
clips if you have them. Ski for Light
requires a release form to be filled
out. You can get a copy online at http://www.nersfl.org/release.txt and
bring it with you. Or, we will have
some blank copies available.
Stokers: Blind and visually impaired
participants should be fit
enough to ride at least 30 miles of
moderately rolling hills. You can
reach the ride starting point via the
Lincoln Commuter Rail from either North
Station, or Porter Square (on Red
Line). We will try to arrange rides, but
sometimes it is not possible.
Weather:
We're hoping for a beautiful day, of course! If weather
looks like it won't cooperate, call
Mark Remaly at (781) 391-2943 to see
if the ride will go. There is no rain
date.
Cost: A $10 donation is
requested to cover expenses. You may register for
this trip by completing the
application attached or by calling Mark Remaly at
(781) 391-2943
Email: mremaly@comcast.net
Chapin
House, New Hartford, CT August 19-21, 2005
New Location! We will be
staying at a lovely B&B in New Hartford, CT (with
overflow staying at a B&B across
the street). We'll have the whole house to
ourselves. It's a
picturesque town with interesting shops. We'll hike on
nearby trails with an option to canoe
or possibly even go
tubing. Trip includes 2 nights
lodging, 2 full breakfasts, 2 lunches and
dinner on Saturday night.
COST: $195.00 This trip is limited to 20 people.
Mt Auburn
Cemetery, Cambridge, MA - Saturday, September 10
Alice Flyte has made arrangements to
have a 90 minute interpretive walk with a
guide. After a short welcome
from our Interpretive Programs Guide, we will
walk along the paved roads and some
foot paths, stopping at places of interest.
There are over 700 species of trees,
many shrubs and flowers, graves of
renowned persons and a 62 foot
castle-like lookout tower and more.
Public transportation is available.
Meet at the Visitors Center at 10:15 for
a 10:30 welcome. Mark and Alice
will scout out some locations for lunch
afterwards. A $10.00 donation
will be appreciated. You may register for
this trip by completing the
application attached or by calling our NERSFL
number which is: 781-667-9270
Middlesex
Fells in Stoneham, MA- Saturday, October 1
This is a five or six mile hike on
Saturday, October 1, on some moderate to
challenging trails. Good hiking
boots are required. Bring a lunch and water in
a backpack. Because of the narrow and
steep terrain, dogs will not be allowed
on this trip. Many enjoyed this
hike last year. Meet at the Sheepfold Parking
Lot in Stoneham at 9:30 for a 10:00
AM departure. A $10 donation will be
appreciated. You may register for
this trip by completing the application
attached or by calling our NERSFL
number which is: 781-667-9270
Payments and
Refund Policy
Please make payments by check
made out to:
New England Regional Ski for
Light and mail to:
NERSFL, P.O. Box 2170, , West
Brattleboro, Vermont 05303.
Full payment and application
for the week-end trip must be received by July
1st. $25 of the
trip cost is nonrefundable. The balance is nonrefundable
after July 15th unless your space can
be filled. We will do our best to assist
you to find a substitute, but it is
ultimately your responsibility to find a
replacement.
Scholarships
available
Financial assistance is available for
people who cannot afford the full cost of
a trip. To be considered, one
must submit a letter with the event
application. The letter should
contain total monthly or yearly income with
expenses and other information to
demonstrate need. Scholarship decisions will
be made no later than 5 weeks before
the event is to take place. Scholarship
application deadline is July 1, the
same date as the deadline for event
application.
Forms
An application
for
you to complete and send with your payment is available on this
web site.
Health and Liability forms will be
sent to you after we receive your
enrollment. All forms must be
filled out and signed before you can participate
in the event.
Physical
Condition
Anyone in average physical
condition can expect to complete these events. If
we have any questions about your
ability to participate , we will call and
discuss it with you. In
questionable cases, the decision to participate will
lie with the participant and his or
her physician. Participants must take
responsibility for their own health
problems at these events. Your enjoyment
will be enhanced by any measures you
take to improve your physical fitness and
stamina before the event.
Transportation
Transportation will be
available by carpooling. You will be contacted about a
week before an event to make travel
arrangements. Guides are encouraged to let
us know if they are willing to drive
and how many passengers they can take.
All passengers are expected to
contribute towards the cost of gasoline. If you
are coming to an event from out of
town, do not make travel plans on public
transportation prior to 7:00 pm on
Sunday. It is very difficult to guarantee a
return to transportation centers
prior to this time without disrupting other
participants' plans.
Guide Dogs
Although guide dogs are welcome
on most trips, there are restrictions that may
eliminate your participation in some
activities. For safety reasons guide dogs
are not allowed in canoes or on some
hiking trails. On Sunday of the weekend
trip, after check-out time you will
be responsible for attending to your dog.
Please consider this when deciding
whether or not to bring your dog on the
trips.
We hope to see you on one or
several of the summer trips!!
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