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[bike] I feel ready
Sep. 3rd, 2007 08:07 pmToday I abandoned ET to go biking, and maybe try to do the distance I failed at last week. I had a great start setting out, and got progressively slower and slower. But I followed bike route 1 (the Claire Saltonstall Bikeway, conveniently to my knowledge the only numbered bike route in Massachusetts) down through Avon, Brockton (again), and East Bridgewater ultimately to Plympton, then came back on back roads via Wampatuck State Park, Quincy, and the length of Dorchester Ave. into Boston. 95.11 miles, and I can still move afterwards, so I'm doing pretty good for the century in three weeks. (No route map yet; at some point I suffered a mysterious GPS failure, probably just dead batteries.)
Speaking of bike route 1, don't bother. At least half the signs are missing, so you need to take note of where the route actually is before you set off. And at that point, you've almost planned out a route anyways, so pick one that has more pavement and fewer junkyards.
That having been said, the leaves were just starting to turn in Stony Brook Reservation, and the greater Plympton/Halifax area had some nice pine forests, if you're into that sort of thing. And it is in fact possible to get through Wampatuck on a bike; you just can't drive a car through the gate at the southern end of the park.
Speaking of bike route 1, don't bother. At least half the signs are missing, so you need to take note of where the route actually is before you set off. And at that point, you've almost planned out a route anyways, so pick one that has more pavement and fewer junkyards.
That having been said, the leaves were just starting to turn in Stony Brook Reservation, and the greater Plympton/Halifax area had some nice pine forests, if you're into that sort of thing. And it is in fact possible to get through Wampatuck on a bike; you just can't drive a car through the gate at the southern end of the park.
