No pictures this week. Last weekend was a full one. It started on Friday night with the set up of Flerra Meadow for Fifer's Day. Fifer's Day is Boxborough's annual town fair. There are bands, kids games, a hot air balloon, and plenty of food and drink. Buddy and I got to the field around 6 and have to admit I did not do much work at all. Fifer's Day has become such a fine oiled machine that most everything was accomplished by the time I got there. I just helped out by eating a few slices of pizza and having a couple of "Country Ale's". Buddy enjoyed running around the fields and playing with his new friend Jack.
Saturday was a busy day. I got up and was on my bike by 6. I needed to be at the field by 8:30 to help with the road race so I only had time for a quick 35. It was a very flat course through Chelmsford, Carlisle, Concord and finished in Boxborough. I was able to average 17.6 mph. This is definately the quickest ride I have had. Nothing like the motivation of having someplace to be, to keep the pace up. Annie and Jordan met me at the field and we directed traffic for the road race. The race went well, it was close to a perfect day for it. At 11:00, Annie, Jordan, and I jumped into the Pilot and headed to Mattapoisett. My college roommate Jim has been having a summer party there for 19 years. It is very hard to believe it has been 19! I don't think I went to the first one but I haven't missed many. There are many stories but most are unfit to print. We went to the beach and brought Jordan to the water. She LOVES the water. It is pretty funny to see her laughing and kicking her feet. We stayed in Mattapoisett until 6 and headed back to Fifer's Day to help with clean up. We got back at 7:20, I hung out and Annie and Jordan went home and to bed. I found out that Alan Rohwer won the Golden Fife award for his support of the town. A perfect choice.
Sunday I decided to meet some people in Arlington for a group ride. I have only ridden in a group once so I think I need some work in that area. It was a 20 mile ride out to Arlington and we went for a 30 mile ride through Concord, Carlisle, B'ricca, etc. I split off after 30 and headed home. It ended up being 62 for the day. A pretty good effort for me. It was great to ride in the group. I learned alot about hand signals and how to ride with people around me. I look forward to riding with this group again. The rest of Sunday was spent food shopping, and getting Annie's bike ready for Jordan the passenger. We put a seat for Jordan on the back of Annie's bike. Jordan seems to like to ride but hates her helmet. She rode up and down the road and even did a loop around the block. She will be natural but, just like her mother, doesn't like to have her hair messed up. Hopefully we can have a family ride soon.
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