Long weekend in Truro
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magidI biked part of the way out, from the end of the commuter rail in Kingston out to Truro (over 75 miles once the ride to South Station is added in; my longest ride yet). Only feasible because my hosts took the bulk of my luggage for me, and totally worth it. I found that I could follow a cue sheet route without a crowd (though riding with others would've likely made me push my pace more), and though I didn't pack enough variety (cashew butter and jam sandwiches, Lara bars, soy/seitan jerky, plus some untouched nuts and chocolate), I did bring enough calories.
Limiting factors: lower back, saddle soreness (my bad for not having been on the bike for at least a week before), and a little bit of the wrists/hands. The legs were fine, if a bit sore the next day. Certainly, I'm not ready for a full Boston-Provincetown 1-day ride.
Ride highlights: walking over the Sagamore Bridge (thank goodness I brought non-bike shoes), able to enjoy the view (and spotting bike trails on both sides of the canal); having a bit of a sandwich in Sandwich; the Cape Cod Rail Trail, especially going through the corrugated pipe underpasses (though I still don't know why there's a weird jog out to surface roads in the middle); quiet, shaded roads with pretty houses; rolling hills; beautiful views, especially as the trees got shorter farther out on the Cape.
Weekend highlights: a solitary marsh walk, spotting tiny crabs (the length of a knuckle), interesting shells, and birds later identified as possibly herons; meandering Provincetown and Wellfleet; a tour of the neighbors' impressive garden (their tropicals still out of the greenhouse for the summer, so I got to see four potted lemon trees. Local lemons!); mellow hanging out with the other weekend; Mu and Boggle; group effort crosswords; canoeing though the marsh during a full-moon high tide (high enough to glide over much of the marsh grass. Plus spotted slightly larger crabs and schools of minnows. Most impressive, though, was being able to see the current, the water moving that quickly as the tide came in.); silly puns and other word play; curling up with a number of books; picking rose hips for possible experimentation.
Many many thanks to my hosts.
Limiting factors: lower back, saddle soreness (my bad for not having been on the bike for at least a week before), and a little bit of the wrists/hands. The legs were fine, if a bit sore the next day. Certainly, I'm not ready for a full Boston-Provincetown 1-day ride.
Ride highlights: walking over the Sagamore Bridge (thank goodness I brought non-bike shoes), able to enjoy the view (and spotting bike trails on both sides of the canal); having a bit of a sandwich in Sandwich; the Cape Cod Rail Trail, especially going through the corrugated pipe underpasses (though I still don't know why there's a weird jog out to surface roads in the middle); quiet, shaded roads with pretty houses; rolling hills; beautiful views, especially as the trees got shorter farther out on the Cape.
Weekend highlights: a solitary marsh walk, spotting tiny crabs (the length of a knuckle), interesting shells, and birds later identified as possibly herons; meandering Provincetown and Wellfleet; a tour of the neighbors' impressive garden (their tropicals still out of the greenhouse for the summer, so I got to see four potted lemon trees. Local lemons!); mellow hanging out with the other weekend; Mu and Boggle; group effort crosswords; canoeing though the marsh during a full-moon high tide (high enough to glide over much of the marsh grass. Plus spotted slightly larger crabs and schools of minnows. Most impressive, though, was being able to see the current, the water moving that quickly as the tide came in.); silly puns and other word play; curling up with a number of books; picking rose hips for possible experimentation.
Many many thanks to my hosts.
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Date: 2008-09-16 04:44 pm (UTC)That's awesome!
Sounds like a grand time over all. I'm sure totally worth a little soreness.
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Date: 2008-09-16 05:10 pm (UTC)Lovely.
Date: 2008-09-16 05:56 pm (UTC)On the pedometer map (very cool tool), is the graph underneath it related to sea level, or something else? I can't find any labels.
Re: Lovely.
Date: 2008-09-16 06:07 pm (UTC)The graph underneath is altitude (so, yes, related to sea level). What I'd really like is a calculator that will use that to tell me how much uphill I've done overall (going up and down those same 200 feet isn't the same as going up and up and up, with the downhills as rests and a start on the next incline, but for fitness purposes, it's useful to have some idea of overall climb).