Look at all that salt from the (rough) crossing. Guess I'll be cleaning Steve's bike tomorrow. A tad under two hours to home.
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Made the ferry
I'm in line with 45 minutes to spare. The last 10 miles or so of the ride were a bit nerve cracking as I wasn't sure how far away I was and if I miss the ferry it would have been tough to gym home tonight. But I'm here and have my ticket. There are tons of people here in the nice weather, I had to walk my bike the last mile it was so crowded.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
End of the ride
Ahh the pleasure of relaxing at the back deck of the Woods Hole Inn sipping my recovery drink. 112 miles in about 7 hours in the saddle. Nearly perfect day. One small note is to put hole reinforcements next time I punch holes in cue sheets and tie them to the handlers. Now to plan the return trip in 3 days!
Shining Sea bikeway
Lovely route (lots of street crossings though and they ask you to dismount which I did)
Bourne Bridge
It's a little hard to find the pedestrian entrance to the Bourne bridge, and once you do a sign says to walk bicycles. Hah I thought, but boy do they mean it. There's a strong wind that tries its best to blow you off of the 5 feet of pavement directly into the 50 mph traffic! So I walked my bike, up and down the bridge (reducing my average pace by .7 miles incidentally). Even walking it took some strength to control the bike and not be moved by the wind. By far the most tense part of the ride.
Cape Cod Ride
Steve's bike and I are on a nice ride to Woods Hole today, about 85 miles into the ride here at Onset, MA. It's a beautiful late summer day. I'll be down here for 3 days at a conference then head home on Sat. I'm not sure but I think I may return via Princeton with a ferry to Boston.
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