There is a nice path along the Charles which I discovered the other morning at the end of Abermarle Rd. I took that into Watertown Square and then crossed over to Nonantum Road and rode by the skating rink (brings back memories!) That path was fine but then got very busy. Luckily as I was crossing some street near Harvard, I discovered that Memorial Dr. was closed to cars part of the way. So I crossed over to Cambridge and rode to the end of where it was closed.Then I turned around and headed back but decided not to go the way I came. The paths were just too busy so I figured Greenough Blvd. wouldn't be very trafficy. It wasn't and it turned out that there was a bike lane from the Arsenal mall (whatever that road is behind there) all the way back to Watertown Square.
It was only 15 miles or so that I did but I was glad to be back on a bike. Also was very glad for my new white bike shirt (thanks Marge!) which was nice and cool!Tomorrow I'm planning to ride over to the hospital to see mom since I bought a cheapo backpack at Target this afternoon. I scoped out a route that avoids West Newton on my last trip over there.
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Sounds like a nice ride, El! And glad you like the shirt. I'm also trying to figure a good route from work to the Stone Institute, so if anyone has ideas to improve on this Comm Ave. route:
http://mapitpronto.com/index.cfm?fuseAction=routePlanner.viewDBRide&rideID=2249
I have the idea that comm ave is a bit safer than beacon but perhaps i'm wrong. i should need to get a lock for my bike. :)
I took Comm. Ave. to get to NWH yesterday and it was good. Of course you'd be going much farther. If I ride to Stone, I plan to take Comm. Ave. to Chestnut to Elliot. Some pretty big hills, fyi.
Yeah, not sure how big the hills actually are but they sure are steep. In bike geek lingo, they call steep climbs like that, "epic." I'm not sure if that's how I felt when i got to Stone Institute and the traffic cop at the little intersection there laughed at me for getting off my bike and walking it up the vertical Stone Institute driveway. Oh well.
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