Very nice warm day I started with 9 Arlington Community Ed riders* from Ipswich River Park heading up Central St. We stopped in Harold Parker Forest for a group photo and continued on up Jenkins Rd. At about 5 miles into the ride Dan had a very spectacular and loud tire blowout. A home owner, apparently thinking he heard gunfire, came out to investigate. He ended up offering Dan a ride back to the start as the tire seemed to be beyond repair. The rest of us continued on and managed to take the closed Brook St. as we crossed Rte. 114. Traversing some lovely roads we circled back to Harold Parker and stopped at the facility at park headquarters. As we arrived at Ryer's Store for lunch, the sky looked a bit threatening, so several of the troop beat it back to the cars. (The sky did not burst and Ruth, Kelly and I shared a pleasant al fresco lunch.) Anita and Nancy came back in their cars for their own repast. * Riders: Nancy, Kelly, Janet, Gary, Anita, George, Yvonne, Ruth, and Dan