Charles River Bicycle History ride - June 1, 2016

RIDE REPORT

Wednesday, June 1, 2016, Charles River Bicycle History ride
Ride Leaders:  John Allen & Larry Finison
14 miles, 10:00 am start from Duck Feeding Area, Weston, MA

Riders (21):  John, Larry, Alan Krupp, Andrea Clardy, Chris Schuch, David Wean, Dmitry Gorenburg, Edie Baxter, Eli Post, Fred Newton, Harriet Fell, Jacque Smith, Janet Miller, Jim Cant, Jim Whinfield, John Springfield, Jon Clardy, Marie Keutmann, Mike Hanauer, Ron Beland, and Selig Saltzman.

Twenty-one bikers showed up for the History Tour on Wednesday.  This was a somewhat different WW ride, in the tradition of Richard Arsenault's explorations of the Minute Man National Historical Park - shorter and slower-paced, with stops - but Larry Finison's talks about the historic sites this time were related to bicycling:  the site of a bicycle factory and several locations in the Lakes District of Waltham, Weston, and Newton which were important destinations for bicyclists getting out of the Boston urban center some 120 years ago. Comment from Mike Hanauer:  "I grew up in Newton and I never even knew that these places existed!"

Seventeen had lunch at Auburndale's Bocca Bella Cafe & Bistro - good food, good conversation, and good camaraderie.  Chef/Owner Mario Boccabello even sang an Italian song for us followed by his English interpretation.

Thanks to Eli Post for sweeping.

Bocca Bella Facebook page of photos from our lunch:  https://www.facebook.com/boccabellacafe/posts/1337430596283836

Photos from a previous Charles River History Ride are here in the CRW facebook album: https://www.facebook.com/100740914229/photos/?tab=album&album_id=10153253949524230

There are also photos embedded in cues and points of interest on the RidewithGPS page at https://ridewithgps.com/routes/13980097

Report by John Allen, with a contribution from Alan Krupp.