Day # 2 To Boston

After a great night's rest I headed out early. Following the Pan Mass ride route I made good time through central Mass.

There were lots of small villages with town squares and old churches. 

This unusual sign paid respect to the gender equality that is always respected in the Commonwealth and that my daughter would be proud. 

I passed by many beautiful lakes I hadn't realized we're in this central part of the state near the towns o Douglas and Oxford. 

At one beautiful spot I stopped for an afternoon swim and a nap in the heat of the day.

I needed to make a late day detour to find a bike shop to get my rear derailed cable replaced before the beginning to fray cable snapped. This shop in Newton was open and thankfully the mechanic dropped what he was doing and made the emergency repair while I had coffee next door. 

I made it to the house of my college friend Al Ross for dinner and restful nights sleep. 

Tomorrow the ride into Boston and the bus to Bar Harbor. 

Fall 2015 Climate Ride in Maine Day #1 To Boston

So far now I have made and blogged 3 rides. Sometimes I have been alone, and on others I had a partner (my daughter Hannah and hobo style with Nick). Then there was the ride across the USA in 2012, military style with 50 hard core spoke-heads. 

All the rides have been great. All different with the pros and cons of having the comradeship of others but giving up the freedom and automomity of being alone. 

For this next ride I have chosen what many people have told me is the best of all worlds, a fund raiser ride with a group of like minded people. The ride is not for hard core cyclests but for people cycling to save the environment. That is great but can they have fun and party.

We will see. 

To start the ride I had to fund raise $2,800. The group I chose are the Greenagers www.greenagers.org    They give young people who would otherwise have nothing to do for the summer, a job working out doors. They organize groups of youth to plant gardens, maintain trails, clear invasive plants, etc. 

The ride is from Bar Harbor, Maine to Boston and begins with a bus ride from Boston up to the start. 

DAY #1

It was a rainy day and I started late with my pancho on.

But after a morning climbing over and out of the Berkshires the sun came out. 

I made my way way through Northampton and onto the bike path. 

Taking an afternoon break along the way in Amhurst. 

But with work never far from my thoughts I spotted this customer wanting to buy another storage silo for an expanding busing

ESS. 

As the day wor on however I abandoned you idea to camp out and settled into a Comfort Inn in Sturbridge at 98 miles and better than half way.