Priscilla Beach Bash - June 17, 2015

Wednesday, June 17, 2015, Priscilla Beach Bash
Ride Leaders:  Bill Lane & Winslow Green
36 & 34 miles, 10:00 am start from Sea Pines, Plymouth (Manomet Beach) , MA.
Riders - 36 mi (7):  Bill, Curt Dudley-Marling, Dave Balaban, Dmitry Gorenburg, James Hsia, Mark Tisdale, and Steve Page.
Riders - 34 mi (15):  Winslow, Bob Wadsworth, Dave Slade, David Wean, Don Buchholtz, Elsa Lawrence, Joanne Samuels, Joe Tavilla, Joel Covitz, Kathy Horvath, Lou Outor, Maurice King, Rudge McKenney, Susan Sabin, and Tom Lawrence.
Present at lunch:  Helen Greitzer.

The first PBB was conducted in 2006 and has been much the same for ten years.  It evolved from an earlier series of Cranberry Cruises in the Plymouth and Duxbury area with extensions to the cranberry bog  areas to the west.  Each year’s ride was a little different and often included commentary by the ride leader at certain points of interest.  We visited the Winslow house in Marshfield, the Gurnet at the outer end of Duxbury Beach, Plymouth Rock, the Mayflower, and  the John Bradford house in Kingston.  Some of our riders will recall the year we visited my brother at Manomet and had rides in his 1924 REO Speedwagon school bus.  It has been a lot of fun to share these rides with all of you. 

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Coordinator's note:  Joanne Samuels would like everyone to know that the eight WWs, who did the 21 mile ride option last Wednesday, were not "weary" 'til the end of the ride.

Led by Bill Lane, the seven faster riders set out first, at a brisk pace, over the same route that he devised ten years ago and which we have all come to love so much.  They rested at Long Pond and had one flat that was rapidly remedied.  The group largely stayed together and needed only a few arrows.  Winslow led the slower, 34 mile ride option which was on much the same route, but with a few shortcuts.  We passed through the pastoral precincts of Chiltonville and managed to climb the steep hill at Pine Hills before stopping for a rest at Winslowe’s View.  Our major rest stop was at the state park beach on Lower College Pond Road.  We enjoyed the pristine beauty of the Myles Standish State Forest and views of many of Plymouth’s 365 ponds.  The return was through the town of Plymouth and included another loop through Chiltonville.  We had several regroupings to accommodate slower riders and a little entertaining commentary along the way.  Thanks to Mark Tisdale and David Wean for sweeping the long and short rides. ,Our lunch, beautifully presented by Helen Greitzer and Connie Lane, was enjoyed by all.  Thanks to everyone for their generosity; a contribution of $150 was made to our riders in the 2015 Pan Mass Challenge.

This year’s ride was a bit nostalgic because it is to be the last.  Sea Pines, the lovely seaside home of Bill’s mother-in-law, Bojan Jennings, is a bit much for a 95 year old and she will be moving closer to Bill and Connie.  It was a pleasure to visit with Bojan again in her study and see that she is still her same alert and sprightly self.  Our thanks to her for graciously hosting us for all these years.  We wish her well as the next chapter of her life unfolds.  Thanks also to Bill for all his efforts to make these rides such a success, as well as for sharing Sea Pines with us all.

Ride report by Winslow Green.

Thanks to Dan Egan for forwarding the attached photos.