Month: September 2015

Upcoming Ride. Cape Cod Canal. Both Sides Both Bridges. Sunday Sept. 20th

Looking north from Sagamore Bridge.
Looking north from Sagamore Bridge.

Meet Sunday Sept. 20 at 8:15 for an 8:30 start at the Buzzard Bay Parking lot adjacent to the RR Bridge. 
Don’t miss this one.  It’s a favorite of mine and a very cool ride. Be sure to bring your camera.

Directions:

Set your GPS to 61 Main St. Buzzards Bay.

We will cross both bridges and ride both sides of the canal, visiting Mashnee Island, the Sandwich Power Plant.  Scussett Beach and the railroad bridge like you have never seen it.  There are “secret” access points to both the Bourne and Sagamore bridges giving access to pedestrian and bicycle traffic.  It’s safe and fun to cross these bridges.

Meet Saturday Sept. 12 at 8:15 for an 8:30 start.  This is a very easy 25 mile flat ride with a couple of stops for photos.

Click Here for everything you need to know about this ride.  Directions, photos, etc.

New Bedford, MA

I took a ride into the city across the river.  It’s one I do often and no matter how many times I do the same route, I find something different.  I stopped for ice cream at the business I owned back in the mid 80s.  Stopped and talked with the locked out United Steel Workers at their plant.  Rode the elevated bike way along Buzzards Bay, and looked around the originals Berkshire Hathaway complex that once employed twelve thousand textile workers. The complex is gradually being demolished saving as much of the valuable brick and lumber as possible, for resale.

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The elevated bike and walkway
Railings have been installed and lights to follow
Railings have been installed and lights to follow

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Security guard at the locked out Steel Plant.
Security guard at the locked out Steel Plant.
Freighter at New Bedford's State Pier.
Freighter at New Bedford’s State Pier.
The back end of the freighter.
The back end of the freighter.
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Out door dining and music at the Skipper.
Music on the pier at the Skipper Motel
Music on the pier at the Skipper Motel

The Bikes of Iceland

While in Iceland recently visiting local shops in Reykjavik, I noticed all the bikes passing by.  I decided to hang out in the street with my phone camera and began taking candid shots.  I’m always on the lookout for people on bikes and Reykjavik at the end of the work day was a golden time for bike watching.

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