Wednesday, 5 September 2018, Cape Ann Artists ride
Ride Leader: Selig Saltzman
32 miles, 10:00 am start from Fisherman’s Monument, Gloucester, MA
Riders (14): Selig, Annemarie Altman, Bob Apsler, Chuck McWilliams, Dale Ferguson, Janet Westerhoff, James Hsia, Jim Whinfield, Joanne Samuels, Nancy Cahn, Rochelle Holman, Sally Chapman, Susan Sabin, and first-timers Bob Hamblen and Margaret Coughlin.
Present at lunch: Helen Greitzer.
The ride began with a southeast sea breeze, which kept us cool until we reached the north side of the Cape. We passed the Joan of Arc statue, City Hall, the Fitz Henry Lane statue, and Rocky Neck artist colony. On Rocky Neck we stopped at a view of Gloucester painted by Lane and a house which was the subject of Hopper's "The Mansard Roof." At Niles Beach we had an indistinct view of the Boston skyline. After Eastern Point, the next stop was at Brace Rock, also the subject of a Lane painting.
After a regrouping in Rockport center, we saw stone animals and a bronze giraffe, and then arrived at Andrews Point, where we could see NH, but not ME. Our next stop was Annisquam, with a view of Wingaersheek and Crane beaches. Back in downtown Gloucester, some riders went to the sub shop and some went to the seafood restaurant (where Helen joined us).
Thank you to Bob Apsler for assisting me, to Jim Whinfield for sweeping, and to the many arrows.
Report by Selig Saltzman.
Photo courtesy of James Hsia.
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