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Looking for the most fun Youth Summer Adventures - Teen Tours / teen tours? Teen Treks organizes cross- country bike trips for teens across the U.S., Canada, and Europe. Our Youth Summer Adventures - Teen Tours give teens camping skills, backpacking skills and budget travel skills under the guidance of highly trained teen summer camp leaders. Since 2001, thousands of teens have enjoyed our Youth Summer Adventures - Teen Tours and come home with memories to last a lifetime. Our Youth Summer Adventures - Teen Tours combine camping and hostelling on the best cross- country bike trip routes anywhere.

As the largest teen travel camp / teen tour specializing in bike touring, Teen Treks has the resources to run the best Youth Summer Adventures - Teen Tours going to New York, Chicago, Portland, the Great Lakes, Cape Cod, the Maine coast, California, New England, Niagara Falls, the Pacific Northwest, Michigan, Indiana, Oregon, and international destinations including Montreal, Paris, London, Amsterdam, and Dublin. Teens who camp with us also enjoy swimming, safe camping, hostel stays, museum visits, great camping food, and many more fun summer tourism activities along the way on our cross- country bike trips.

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With our teen summer camps and summer Youth Summer Adventures - Teen Tourss, we help teens discover the joy of cross- country biking, camping, experiential travel, and hostelling in the traditional style that dates back to the 1930s. We encourage teens to be ambitious, but also to slow down and enjoy scenery or stop for ice cream during our Youth Summer Adventures - Teen Tours, balancing challenge with comfort. Teens visit beautiful wilderness areas, world- class cities, and intriguing historical sites with us while learning backpacking, camping, and travel skills.

Teen summer campers who bike with Teen Treks get to have a say in what the group does. If the campers want to bike hard to get in more time swimming and boating at a lake, or if they want to rest at a café in a picturesque downtown, our schedules give them that flexibility. Our teen summer camp leaders have the training and the resources to keep teens on schedule while making the most out of every trip.

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Our teen summer camp leaders get intensive training in first aid, safety, and bicycle repair at our headquarters before they get to lead one of our teen summer travel programs. We pair two camp leaders with no more than ten teenagers per trip, ensuring that each camper gets plenty of attention. Each tour begins with safety training for the teen campers, including biking safety, rules of the road, basic bike repair, and travel safety tips.

From beginning to end, our trained, trusted camp leaders have charge of the teen campers. We don’t subcontract any camping or travel activities to outside organizations, so we maintain a direct line to the action every day of our Youth Summer Adventures - Teen Tours.

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The history of Bike New York is the history of the Five Boro Bike Tour, and it all started with an audacious plan to take a group of high schoolers on a ride across New York City.

New York City, February 1977: It was too cold to bike, but not cold enough to keep us from dreaming about warm summer rides through the streets and parks of New York City. Little did we know that these little dreams would coalesce in a matter of months to become a reality—a very big reality—that would live on for decades.

For years, American Youth Hostels (AYH) had been encouraging people to cycle; back then, young travelers often journeyed from hostel to hostel on foot or bike. One of the leaders of AYH’s Bicycle Committee, Sal Cirami, worked for the NYC Board of Education’s school lunch programs. By chance, Sal met Eric Prager, whom the Board had recently commissioned to develop a bicycle safety program. A brief conversation resulted in Sal inviting Eric to the next monthly Bicycle Committee meeting. Eric outlined his plans for his bicycle safety program at that February meeting.

That program comprised clinics on bike safety and repair, and would culminate in a day trip around the five boroughs to allow the students to practice what they’d learned. Thus the Five Boro Challenge was born. Unlike most recreational rides at the time (which took place in the countryside), this one would explore and celebrate the urban landscape.

About 50 high school students from five schools and 200 members of bicycle clubs were set to participate. (Why should the students get to have all the fun?) The 50-mile ride would begin and end in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens, and wind south through Brooklyn, over the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge into Staten Island, and then, after a quick ferry trip, up through Manhattan, into the Bronx, and over the Throgs Neck Bridge back into Queens.

The night before the Challenge, a group of eight or nine ride leaders slept on the floor of a fellow leader’s apartment. At 6:00AM on Sunday, June 10, they rode over to the Unisphere in Flushing Meadows to check in the 250 cyclists. There was no entry fee, and only one sponsor: Nathan’s gave out hot dogs and soda in the the Bronx at the ride’s one and only rest stop.

The route was not closed to traffic as it is today, but we did have two police escort vehicles at the front and back of the pack. Nevertheless, after a few miles it became clear that something had to be done to ensure that the group could stay together; moving 250 cyclists through an intersection during a single green phase was impossible. So the NYPD decided to bend the rules a bit and allow the ride leaders to block traffic at cross streets so the group would remain intact.

Soon after the Tour, Ellen Farrant committed her experience to paper . Her remembrance of the Manhattan portion of the route reads as if it could’ve been written last year; the only thing missing today is the Fulton Fish Market:

“In Manhattan, we passed the South Street Seaport with its four-mast schooners in port, the Fulton Fish Market with its unforgettable aromas, Chinatown, some Bowery personalities, the beautiful brownstones, and of course, always in the background, the tall buildings. We were travelling along First Avenue. At first, there were many apartment houses and then we went into older sections with lots of stores selling everything you could think of. There were apartments over these stores and people were looking at us. It was the attitude of these people which made me the ride a delight to me. If the boroughs were different, the people were the same. They were hanging out of windows, coming out of stores to line the streets. Some were cheering, some were staring. The kids were dancing up and down and running alongside us. Those who had bikes rode with us for a while. To see people smiling and cheering really made us feel fantastic. We knew we were doing something special, but the attitude of the people just enforced it more.”

At the end of the day, we were exhausted and elated, and we figured that was that. None of us thought we’d be riding again next year—much less the year after that, and the year after that, and….

When Ed Koch became mayor in 1978, his administration sought ways to promote bicycling. Charlie McCorkle of Bicycle Habitat and Transportation Alternatives, along with the AYH group and leaders of other New York cycling organizations, took the Five Boro Challenge idea to City Hall. The mayor’s office loved it, but the word “Challenge” made the Tour sound too difficult for a family-friendly ride, and the mileage had to be reduced to make it more accessible. After three hours of brainstorming, the committee landed on the “Five Boro Bike Tour,” and shortened the route to 40 miles.

Along with the mayor’s blessing, we enjoyed the support of agencies like the Emergency Medical Services and the New York City Fire Department. The Department of Transportation coordinated the involvement of City agencies and worked with the NYPD to make the route traffic-free. They used the leapfrog system, with waiting points about 40 blocks apart so they wouldn’t have to close the entire route down to traffic all at once. The police blocked traffic for the first 40 blocks, then held us there while they leapfrogged ahead to close the next section to traffic.

The City requested that the Tour be limited to 2,500 cyclists, but we ended up with 3,000. In a single year, the ride had grown by more than 1000%. Changes to the route took riders on highways for the first time in New York’s history, and necessitated making a U-turn in Staten Island. Not surprisingly, 3,000 cyclists trying to make a U-turn caused quite a traffic jam and drew numerous spectators—one of whom would change the course of the Tour forever. The vice president of community services for Citibank turned out to watch the spectacle, and resolved right then and there that Citibank needed to be involved. That Monday, he met with his colleagues, and Citibank became the title sponsor of the Tour for the next 11 years.

At the end of the ride, the assistant police chief inspector said, “If we do this enough, we’ll get it right.” We took this as a good sign.

In 1980, subway workers went on strike a month before the Tour. AYH set up a phone bank to answer questions about cycling as an alternative means of commuting to and from work, and, along with Transportation Alternatives, set up cones and bike route signs on New York City streets. Soon enough, the City got on board: Mayor Koch held a press conference and described how Beijing residents used bicycles as their preferred way to get around, and suggested that New Yorkers try doing the same during the strike. And they did—en masse. Bicycle sales soared, New York City suddenly became a city of cyclists, and the Five Boro Bike Tour was the thing to do. That year 12,000 people signed up.

Planning the ride soon became a full-time job for a small staff, and attendance ballooned to upwards of 32,000. City officials decided the party had gotten big enough, and Bike New York has capped it at that number ever since. In 1999, AYH concluded that the Tour needed more attention and spun itself off as two independent non-profit entities: Bike New York, to run the Tour, and the Five Borough Bike Club, which in addition to organizing day and weekend trips, supports their much-grown sibling by providing volunteers and technical expertise. Bike New York (est. 2000) has since developed other rides and, in the tradition of the first Five Boro Challenge, a robust and free bike education program. These educational offerings are funded in part by proceeds from Bike New York events. Since 2007, we’ve taught bike skills to more than 100,000 kids and adults throughout New York City.

Each year, on the first Sunday in May, we’re thrilled to welcome 32,000 riders from every state in the nation and 65 countries around the world for an experience of the Big Apple unlike any other. It’s a chance for the global cycling community to come together to grab life by the handlebars and ride for a reason.

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American Youth Hostels records: Explore the history of bicycling in this newly-processed collection

University Archives & Special Collections in the Joseph P. Healey Library at the University of Massachusetts Boston is pleased to announce that a number of our collections related to the history of bicycling have been processed and are now available for research. This is the third of several planned posts on Open Archives News that will highlight recently-processed collections in University Archives & Special Collections related to the history of bicycling.

American Youth Hostels, photograph of bicycling tour, circa 1950-1959. Pictured are a group of cyclists on a tour coordinated by the American Youth Hostels.

American Youth Hostels records , 1874-2012, bulk 1936-2007

The idea of the youth hostel was conceived in 1909 by Richard Shirrmann, an elementary school teacher living in the industrial center of Germany, who wanted to introduce youth to the countryside (1). Shirrmann’s idea caught on and by 1932, Germany had more than 2,000 youth hostels recording more than 4.5 million overnights annually. In the meantime, the movement spread throughout Europe as another 600 hostels opened (2).

That same year, the first international meeting for hosteling associations was held in Amsterdam to develop common standards, and the International Youth Hostel Federation was formed. Isabel and Monroe Smith attended the second international meeting in 1933 (1). Isabel Smith was an art schoolteacher and Monroe Smith a Boy Scout leader.

In 1934, the Smiths established the first American Youth Hostels (AYH) in Northfield, Massachusetts. A chain of hostels was subsequently set up in Vermont and New Hampshire in the summer of 1935. These early hostels were located on farms, with support from a local committee (2).

American Youth Hostels photograph of Dr. Dudley White with a group of cyclists, circa 1950-1959

It didn’t take long for the youth hostel movement and its mission to spread. By May 8, 1947, the proposed by-laws from Article II of the Greater Boston Council of the American Youth Hostels stated: “the purpose of the Council shall be to help all, but especially young people, to a greater knowledge, use and love of the countryside, and to make available to them the cultural and educational benefits of travel, both here and abroad, particularly by establishing, maintaining and inspecting youth hostels within the Greater Boston area and assisting in their establishment in the surrounding areas; by arranging hiking, cycling, skiing and other trips or activities, and training trip leaders; and by providing an information service; to maintain a Council office and staff; to endeavor to promote within the Greater Boston area the development and greater service of youth hostels generally” (3).

The AYH incorporated bicycling as part of their programming during the Great Depression, appealing to the AYH mission to promote travel, health, and the enjoyment of the outdoors (4). AYH cycling tours in length and included day trips and overnight trips exploring the countryside, neighboring communities, various states, Canada, Europe and South America.

By the post-war period, the bicycling world often merged with the AYH. During the 1950s, future founder of the Charles River Wheelmen, Fred Chaffee, led popular cycle and nature tours at AYH (4). In 1964, AYH joined the bicycle industry to kick off “American Bike Month” in response to the increase in pollution (4). John Leek, who worked from 1975-1978 at the Bicycle Repair Collection in Cambridge, and hosted the first office of Bikes Not Bombs, led many AYH bicycle tours (4). During the mid- to late-1980s, the AYH joined the Boston Area Bicycling Coalition and the Charles River Wheelmen to host numerous Grape Nuts Bike Festivals in Boston (4).

American Youth Hostels newsletter, 1941 May 8

The American Youth Hostels records consist of board agenda, minutes, reports, charters, contracts, notes, newsletters, correspondence, by-laws, flyers, clippings, maps, photographs, scrapbooks, CDs, and one VHS tape. A listing of American Youth Hostels clubs established between 1965 and 1967 resides in folder 19 of Series I. A short history on hostels entitled “Highroad to Adventure – The Hostel Way: A slide show by the Greater Boston Council American Youth Hostels, by Stephen Sloss, 1977” can be found in Series VI. Scrapbooks.

View the finding aid for this collection here .

Read more about the various bicycling-related collections in University Archives & Special Collections at UMass Boston here , and learn more about researching the history of bicycling here . To learn more about the AYH’s involvement in and the cultural history of bicycling keep an eye out for the anticipated 2018 publication of Boston’s 20th Century Bicycling Renaissance: Cultural Change on Two Wheels by Lorenz J. Finison.

For questions about these collections or to schedule a research appointment, please contact [email protected] or 617-287-5469.

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

• “Hostelling International USA: History of Hostelling.” HI USA. 2014. Web. 21 Sept. 2015.
• Series I. Organizational Records, 1945-2011, folder 17. Leader’s Manuel Part 1 revised, January 1991.
• Series I. Organizational Records, 1945-2011, folder 1. Secretary’s reports [minutes], 1945- 1950.
• Finison, Lorenz J.  Boston’s 20th Century Bicycling Renaissance: Cultural Change on Two Wheels .  Anticipated publication 2018.

University Archives & Special Collections in the Joseph P. Healey Library at UMass Boston collects materials related to the university’s history, as well as materials that reflect the institution’s urban mission and strong support of community service, notably in collections of records of urban planning, social welfare, social action, alternative movements, community organizations, and local history related to neighboring communities.

University Archives & Special Collections welcomes inquiries from individuals, organizations, and businesses interested in donating materials of an archival nature that that fit within our collecting policy. These include manuscripts, documents, organizational archives, collections of photographs, unique publications, and audio and video media. For more information about donating to University Archives & Special Collections, click here or email [email protected] .

Richard Schirrmann, the German educator who started hostelling, spelled his name as noted here. No sweat, it has frequently been spelled incorrectly.

I’m grateful you’re maintaining these AYH records and providing access to them. Authority for the following: I married the daughter of Monroe & Isabel Smith, joined AYH in 1939, am a lifetime AYH member…. Above there are obvious places where Hostel should be Hostels. scout should be Boy Scouts. In the 6th paragraph beginning “The AYH”, change “and Canada” to “Canada, Europe and South America . Both Monroe AND Isabel were not teachers and (Boy Scout not scout) leaders: only he was. Isabel was a superb professional artist drawings etc.)

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How to travel by bicycle in Russia: ideas and suggestions

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Newcomers can test their “strength” on a one-day trip – the roads should not be complicated and the distances should not be too long. For first-time riders, study the route carefully, taking into account not only the length of the road, but also the conditions: there should be no long climbs and no high mountain passes. The flatter the road, the better. Do not ride close to crowded and busy large traffic lanes, even if conditions permit.  Also, make sure carry your Russian invitation letter with your visa . 

Route: Levutov – Pavlovsky town

Distance: 65 km

From Reutov (metro station “Novokosino”) outside Moscow, via Saltykovsk, Zheleznodorozhny, Fedurnovo, then turn to Biserovo, to Staraya Kupavna, then to Elektrostal via Ivashevo, and finally to Pavlovsky Posad via Subbotino, the intercity electric train This is a good route for newcomers to the town of Pavlovsky Posad (Vokhna or Pavlovsky Posad station).

This route is good for beginners: the terrain remains almost unchanged throughout the route. It’s mainly asphalt, but it’s quiet, with a rural landscape and few cars. Also, there are many intercity train stations along the way – if you get tired, you can take the train back to Moscow.

For the uninitiated, there are plenty of suitable roads around Moscow. The entire Moscow region is dotted with railway lines, so it is not necessary to make a circular route. You can take an intercity train to one station and back from another. There are many convenient route options around most Russian cities. You can make your own route, or take the advice of experienced travelers and use an already prepared route map.

Two-day trips in Russia

If you can travel 60-70 km per day, it’s no problem and you’ll be able to ride for two days. First of all, you need to solve your overnight problem: will you stay in a hotel, borrow a private house or pitch your own tent? Be sure to take the weather into account and take extra things that will keep you warm or heated.

When choosing your route, add some “hills” on the way, but not too steep.

Keep an eye on your bike. Ideally, it should be carefully checked and tested two days before departure; if you don’t know much about bike parts, you should have a full “car check” at a good mechanic’s shop to remove all faults in time.

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Route: ride along Nizhny Novgorod and rest on the Volga

Distance: 140 km

This is a self-guided route with picturesque Volga forests, where you will have to pitch a tent on the road overnight. You don’t have to think about the schedule of electric trains or buses, even if you are delayed on the way, don’t worry.

From Nizhny Novgorod, you will pass through the town of Bor (you can cross the Volga by cable car). Next, head to Ivanovskoye. On the way, note the unique, interlocking bi-level railroad: it is no longer in use, but the original structure is still there. Then go in the direction of Yurasovo, where you will turn to Maloye Utkino, then to Beryozovka, to Vypolzovo, then to the Volga River, to Apraksino, passing through the hill fortress with its ancient earthen embankment. Hillfort, which retains its ancient earthen berm.

After that, follow Orlovo, Belkino, Yamnovo, Zavrazhnoye, Selishi. After passing through Zhukovka, you can go straight through the forest to the bank of the Volga River and find a place to pitch your tent.

The next day, go in the direction of Pumra, then through Vagankovo, Orekhovo, Markovo, turn left at Matveyevka, go to Vatoma, then through Put’kovo and back to the banks of the Volga, then to the town of Pol, and then to Nizhny Novgorod.

There are many suitable two-day rides in the Volga Valley, around the Voronezh region, around the cities along the Golden Ring and in the Crimean steppe.

Multi-day rides in Russia

Riding for several days in a row is a very serious matter and you need to be physically prepared. For the first time, choose a route that is not too difficult and not extreme, because riding a few days in a row is not at all the same as riding 100 km in a week. Please estimate that it is more comfortable to travel 70-80 km per day on the plains and with much less hills.

Check to see if there are any settlements along the way – it depends on whether you’ll be carrying a lot of food, or if you can buy all your food along the way. But whenever and wherever you go, make sure you have drinking water on you. Please do not forget to constantly replenish your supplies and have an emergency reserve – about 1.5 liters of water per person. 

Route: “Crimean coast: from Kerch to Alushta”

Distance: 270 km , 5-7 days

We have intentionally divided the trip on this route into several days, as it depends a lot on your fitness and desire to visit the sights – which will be seen on the way, and quite a lot of them. There will be some mountain passes – if you feel tired as you pass them, it is always possible to set up camp early and prepare for an overnight stay. Almost the entire road runs along the coastline. If you don’t want to pitch a tent, you can easily find a place to spend the night in the resort.

Get off the ferry to Kerch and head directly to the Feodossia steppe. Pass through the town of Ordzhonikidze and head to Koktebel. Be prepared for a long and tiring uphill climb. If you don’t want to tire yourself out that much, then sacrifice some of the scenic views and take a different route – along the Simferopol highway.

From Koktebeli there is a difficult mountain road leading to Sudak. The strongest will can cycle to the town of “Novyi Svit” in one day, while the rest of the people should go to the village of Morske and then to Alushta via Rybache and Malorichens’ke. From Alushta, you can take a bicycle and a trolleybus to Simferopol, from where you can return by plane or return to Kerch by bus or taxi.

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For our first trip, we drove the length of Little Tujunga Canyon Road in the Angeles National Forest. After that, we were hooked. In the ensuing months, we crisscrossed the Santa Monica Mountains and made trips into Los Padres National Forest and beyond.

My wife bought me a California road atlas, and it became part of our scenic drive ritual: We’d consult its pages for inspiration, looking for two-lane roads and state highways that squiggled through mountain ranges or meandered through deserts. After returning home, I’d highlight our route. Four years after our first drive, the atlas is full of highlights documenting our travels — and there’s still a lifetime’s worth of backroads we haven’t covered yet.

No matter where we go, each drive gives me a deeper appreciation for the incredible range of landscapes in Southern California. And these journeys have led to many rewarding discoveries, from out-of-the-way diners to new trailheads for hiking and biking.

If you’re tired of visiting the same places, it’s time to hit the road. These two trips — all within a three-hour drive of the city — will get you started.

Los Padres National Forest and Carrizo Plain National Monument This route traverses winding mountain roads through Los Padres and spits you out near the southern entrance to Carrizo Plain — a vast preserve of native grassland and a hotspot for wildflowers (at least on some years ) and birdwatching . From Interstate 5, take Exit 205 and head west on Frazier Mountain Park Road. This two-lane road changes names several times as it ascends into the San Emigdio Mountains, passing forested slopes and epic canyon views along the way.

After about 42 miles, you’ll meet California 166. Take a right here and then a left on Soda Lake Road to enter Carrizo Plain National Monument. Drive northwest for 35 miles to the parking lot for the Soda Lake Trail, a short boardwalk that gets you up close to the park’s salt-crusted lake. If you plan ahead, you can also book a guided tour of Painted Rock, a sandstone outcrop with Native American rock art.

Hungry? Head back the way you came, take a right on California 166, and drive west 15 miles to the Cuyama Buckhorn , a renovated ’50s motel, restaurant and bar. The eatery’s Santa Maria-style tri-tip is superb, and if you grab a room, you can turn this scenic drive into a full weekend escape .

Volcan Mountain and Julian This route will take you to Julian , a mountain town famous for its apple orchards and delicious pies. From Interstate 15, take Exit 58 for California 79. Take a right on Pechanga Parkway and head south. The road becomes Pala Temecula Road and emerges into a wide canyon with mountains towering on either side. Take a left at Pala Mission Road and continue east on California 76, which hugs the San Luis Rey River before ascending more than 1,000 feet up a chaparral-covered ridgeline.

After some hairpin turns, the road levels off and skirts Lake Henshaw, a picturesque reservoir. Take a right on California 79, and after 10 miles, take a left on Wynola Road. Follow that road for about 3.5 miles, then take a left on Farmer Road to arrive at Volcan Mountain Wilderness Preserve. Stretch your legs on the Five Oaks Trail , a 1.2-mile path that ascends the western flank of Volcan Mountain and offers sweeping views of the orchards below.

With your appetite revved up, head south on Farmer Road into Julian and make a stop at the Julian Pie Co . Grab a well-deserved slice of apple pie and some apple cider and rest your feet at a picnic table while you chow down.

3 things to do

1. Race plankton in Manhattan Beach In celebration of Earth Day, the Roundhouse Aquarium will hold a day full of educational activities inside and outside its facilities. Highlights include dolphin spotting, a fish feeding, crafts, games, a “shark shack” and, yes, plankton racing. The festivities kick off at 10:30 a.m. Saturday and go until 4 p.m. The event is free, but be sure to register ahead of time at roundhouseaquarium.org .

2. Go gardening in San Pedro Give back to the land by planting native species, removing weeds, mulching and watering the White Point Nature Preserve’s garden with the folks at Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy. You’ll also have the chance to enter a raffle and take a guided nature walk. As a bonus, refreshments will be provided by Starbucks to keep you cool and hydrated. The three-hour event begins at 9 a.m. Saturday. All volunteers under age 16 should be accompanied by an adult, and all volunteers under age 18 must have a parent or guardian sign a waiver at the event. Register at pvplc.com .

3. Stretch your legs on Venice Boulevard CicLAvia is back. And this time it’s shutting down a 5.75-mile stretch of Venice Boulevard that connects Palms, Mar Vista and Venice Beach for walkers, joggers, bikers, roller skaters, unicyclers, penny-farthings, pogo sticks — anything as long as it’s completely powered by humans. There will be three local hubs along the route where you’ll be able to partake in family-friendly activities, pump air into your bike’s tires, refill your water bottle and use the restroom. Be sure to reference CicLAvia’s digital map so you can scope out the local businesses you’d like to visit along the way. It all takes place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. For more information about the event and the area it covers, visit ciclavia.org .

The must-read

The Klamath River in Northern California has turned brown and muddy, but that’s a good thing. As Times writer Ian James reports , it’s a side effect of the largest dam removal project in history, which aims to restore the river to its natural state. Four dams are being removed along the Klamath, and the river is passing freely through tunnels in three of them, draining reservoirs and churning up an estimated 2.3 million tons of sediment that had settled along the bottom of those man-made lakes. Although the turbid water might look ugly, restoration advocates and tribal leaders see it as a sign of healing. The muck is passing out of the Klamath, and new life — everything from salmon heading upstream to native plant seedlings along the riverbanks — will soon take its place.

Happy adventuring,

Want to try birding but don’t have binoculars? Head to the Audubon Center in Ernest E. Debs Regional Park. The center is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday through Sunday, and you can borrow a free pair of binoculars (as well as a birding guide, backpack and other gear) to help you spot the 140 species of birds that call the park home.

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Michael Charboneau is a freelance writer covering gear and the outdoors, and he’ll be writing The Wild newsletter for the next few months. He has written for a variety of publications, including Men’s Journal, Runner’s World and InsideHook, and he lives in West L.A. When he’s not writing, he can be found running, hiking and biking around Los Angeles and its mountains.

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This biking adventure takes you out of Boston on a ferry to Provincetown, biking down Cape Cod, ferrying over to Martha’s Vineyard, and returning back to Boston by way of Plymouth Rock – all while enjoying beach fun and stops for ice cream along the route.

In Provincetown you’ll spend two days exploring its amazing beaches, trendy restaurants, climbing the Pilgrim Monument, and the biking the Province Lands Bike Trail, which runs through gentle hills and towering sand dunes. From there you’ll bike south along the National Seashore Bicycle Trail and the Cape Cod Rail Trail making your way through the friendly fishing and resort towns of Eastham, Wellfleet, and Truro.

Another ferry will take you to Martha’s Vineyard for beautiful beaches, picturesque towns, and prominent lighthouses. From there you’ll ferry back to the Cape and bike north for a visit to Plymouth Rock. On the last day you’ll return to Boston, completing an unforgettable journey on Cape Cod – the perfect trip for a first time Teen Trekker!.

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• Spend 2 days on picturesque Martha’s Vineyard

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Looking for the most fun Summer Camp or Summer Teen Travel Program? Teen Treks organizes cross- country bike trips for teens across the U.S., Canada, and Europe. Our Summer Camps and summer teen travel program give teens camping skills, backpacking skills and budget travel skills under the guidance of highly trained Summer Camp leaders. Since 2001, thousands of teens have enjoyed our Summer Camp and come home with memories to last a lifetime. Our Summer Camp and summer teen travel program combine camping and hostelling on the best cross- country bike trip routes anywhere.

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With our Summer Camp and summer teen travel program, we help teens discover the joy of cross- country biking, camping, experiential travel, and hostelling in the traditional style that dates back to the 1930s. We encourage teens to be ambitious, but also to slow down and enjoy scenery or stop for ice cream during our Summer Camp, balancing challenge with comfort. Teens visit beautiful wilderness areas, world- class cities, and intriguing historical sites with us while learning backpacking, camping, and travel skills.

Summer Campers who bike with Teen Treks get to have a say in what the group does. If the campers want to bike hard to get in more time swimming and boating at a lake, or if they want to rest at a café in a picturesque downtown, our schedules give them that flexibility. Our Summer Camp leaders have the training and the resources to keep teens on schedule while making the most out of every trip.

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Our Summer Camp leaders get intensive training in first aid, safety, and bicycle repair at our headquarters before they get to lead one of our teen summer travel programs. We pair two camp leaders with ten teenagers per trip, ensuring that each camper gets plenty of attention. Each tour begins with safety training for the teen campers, including biking safety, rules of the road, basic bike repair, and travel safety tips.

From beginning to end, our trained, trusted camp leaders have charge of the teen campers. We don’t subcontract any camping or travel activities to outside organizations, so we maintain a direct line to the action every day of our Summer Camps and teen summer travel programs.

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