tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7186928523472585412023-11-16T06:05:31.725-05:00Bike Rides in BaltimorePictures from my bike rides around Baltimore, MD.Roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11030252916321220495noreply@blogger.comBlogger316125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-718692852347258541.post-60081087177298109292015-09-18T21:53:00.001-04:002015-09-18T21:54:01.230-04:00Welcome to my new neighborhoodWell, it's been a long time since I was on my bike, almost a year. But today panned out that I was home at a reasonable hour and motivated enough to get it together and<a href="https://www.strava.com/activities/395088865" target="_blank"> go out for a ride</a>. I moved last December, I now live on the other side of the park from the old house. It's been a long year of stuff, but it was time to get it together.<br />
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So I pumped up the tires on the road bike, dug the cycling clothes out of the dresser and headed out. My new neighborhood is Highlandtown, it's a interesting area, lots of artsy stuff (as you will see) and young families. I headed down the street and around the corner, which is home to the Creative Alliance at the Patterson. They have converted a old movie theater, now it has galleries, a performance space and several artists in residence. It also has a restaurant. On the side of the building is the coolest bus stop ever.<br />
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And their marquee.<br />
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Plus a mural, what a building.<br />
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Across the street is this mural.<br />
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And nearby another.<br />
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Plus we have an oddfellows temple.<br />
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This is a multipart picture, the mural runs down the entire side of the house.<br />
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I dig this, it's just off Eastern Ave down the street from me, from this angle it's pretty weird.<br />
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But from the Eastern Ave side it looks pretty normal.<br />
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I am not sure if this art, or an example of settling in brick buildings.<br />
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The chunk of Eastern ave that this resides on is pretty bustling, lots of businesses and such.<br />
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Then it was into the park, the duck pond was busy with ducks doing duck stuff.<br />
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The pagoda in the afternoon light.<br />
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Some art in the flower beds.<br />
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And our artillery is back, unfortunately it's all pointed basically at my new house :)<br />
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Dancercise in the park, this is one of the things I love about living here. There are all sorts of activities going on.<br />
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I spotted this on a house a little north of me.<br />
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This statue is at the top of Library Square a little north of me, it's dedicated to veterans of the Spanish American War.<br />
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Across the street is this mural, it's so vibrant.<br />
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This street is closed through the square, so art has appeared.<br />
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This is one of the anchors of my new neighborhood, <a href="http://101ellwood.prospectportal.com/" target="_blank">101 S Ellwood</a>. a former school converted into apartments.<br />
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This is Patterson Park right by my house, downtown just a few blocks away.<br />
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So I got home and cleaned up then went for a walk, this is the Patterson's Marquee by night.<br />
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And in keeping with our artsy kind of vibe, something was going on at the bus stop.<br />
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So that's my new neighborhood, I am hoping to get my act together and start riding again regularly, I am really feeling todays ride, despite it's short length.Roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11030252916321220495noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-718692852347258541.post-85811792433981785112015-05-03T14:46:00.000-04:002015-05-03T14:46:04.671-04:00New BeginningsWell, it's been a long time since I was on the bike. Going by this blog, it's been 5 months since my last ride of any sort. It's been a busy fall/winter/early spring, separating from Kathleen (it's actually been for the better in the long run), the selling of the our old house, and buying a new one for myself, and all of the related stuff that goes with that, plus I had surgery again at the end of December to remove the hardware in finger. But today was a beautiful day, so I got myself out on the city bike and rode down to the <a href="http://redstarbar.us/" target="_blank">Red Star</a> in Fells Point for breakfast. It was delicious as always, and I was inspired to ride over to <a href="http://racepacebicycles.com/" target="_blank">Race Pace</a> in Federal Hill to get a second pannier for the city bike so I can start doing my shopping on the bike again. So off I went, around the inner harbor to the bike shop to do the do.<br />
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On my way back I shot some pictures of life in Baltimore right now. The <a href="http://www.baltimorebeach.com/" target="_blank">Baltimore Beach</a> was rocking, lots of folks out playing volleyball.<br />
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Then it was back through the Inner Harbor, this is not our normal obviously, but there is a big police presence in this area still right now, not to mention the National Guard troops that have been here since last Monday night.<br />
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But despite that weirdness, life is back in full swing here, the recreational sports leagues are in action, I believe this season it's touch football going on.<br />
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Then it was back to the house to get organized for the rest of the day. Now that it's warming up, I am planning on getting back out on the bike more often, so this shouldn't be so dormant from here on out.Roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11030252916321220495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-718692852347258541.post-38159428950796652052014-09-14T23:39:00.001-04:002014-09-14T23:39:58.659-04:00Sail-a-bration!So for a number of reasons I haven't been riding at all lately, other than schlepping around on the Linus. But today I took a break for about an hour and got out for a <a href="http://www.strava.com/activities/194714254" target="_blank">quick spin</a> around the Inner Harbor. This weekend is the <a href="http://www.starspangled200.com/" target="_blank">Sail-a-bration</a> which is the 200 year anniversary celebration of the end of the War of 1812. As you may or may not know, the National Anthem was written Francis Scott Key while watching the bombardment of Fort McHenry. So to commemorate the occasion there was an airshow, lots of visiting ships both modern and tall ships, and lots of stuff happening around the Inner Harbor. You may recall I got some pics of the ships 2 years ago when the celebration started. <br />
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At any rate, the Blue Angels were practicing for today's airshow yesterday, they were flying right over the house, so I went up on the deck to watch a little.<br />
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They were hauling around, and couldn't have been much more than 300' overhead most times.<br />
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So today's ride, I went around to see what I could see, in Fells Point I spotted this ship across the harbor, if I am not mistaken that is the FGS Niedersachsen.<br />
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Then at the Fells Point public pier was a representative of the Royal Navy, The HMS Argyll. It's been like Fleet Week in Fells Point all weekend, lots of sailors out having a good time.<br />
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This is one of the several schooners that were in the harbor for the event coming in from a sail.<br />
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This huge catamaran ship was parked next to Pier 5, it's the USNS Choctaw County.<br />
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Here is a size reference, that is the USCG Taney in the foreground, it's utterly dwarfed by the other ship.<br />
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Down in the Inner Harbor proper there were these three tied up, from nearest to farthest they are The Gazela, the USCG Eagle, and the Kalmar Nyckel.<br />
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Across the way were another pair of schooners.<br />
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More of the three, I love the contrast of the old ships and the modern downtown behind them.<br />
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This is the Pride of Baltimore (sideways to me) and the USS Constellation which lives here all the time.<br />
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This is the NOAA Okaenos Explorer with the Choctaw County just astern of it.<br />
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The Navy had ships down at the commercial piers in Locust Point, but this was about as close as I could get with my bike.<br />
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Then it was back to the house to clean up and get back to work. If you are interested there is a map of the Inner Harbor with all of the ship locations on it <a href="http://www.sailbaltimore.org/schedule/harbor-map/" target="_blank">here</a>.Roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11030252916321220495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-718692852347258541.post-84018203735372931512014-08-17T21:54:00.000-04:002014-08-17T21:54:16.707-04:00Covered Bridge Metric CenturySorry for the long delay between posts. It's been a busy month since I last was on the bike. I spent two weeks in Newport, Rhode Island for the <a href="http://www.newportfolk.org/" target="_blank">Newport Folk</a> and <a href="http://www.newportjazzfest.org/" target="_blank">Newport Jazz Festivals</a>. We do the sound on the Fort Stage, which is the big headliner stage for the festival, there are 3 other smaller stages around Fort Adams State Park. This is what it looked like for Folk:<br />
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And here is the stage in Jazz trim, same stage, new scrims.<br />
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The site is gorgeous, here is the view from backstage of the audience area, we have water on three sides, and back up to the fort. This was where I spent both weekends, I was in charge of patching the splitter for each act, while two of my guys were out on stage striking the previous band and setting mics for the new one. We had 25 minutes between acts to get it done and show ready, only the headliners get soundchecks in the morning, everybody else was throw and go.<br />
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<br />Then it was load out Sunday night (8/3/14) and catch a flight to Greensboro NC for the Market America International Conference at the Greensboro Coliseum early the next morning. Quite the contrast :)<br />
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But anyhow, I got back from all that last Sunday, and after a hectic week of work getting caught up and getting some high profile stuff out the door, today was the <a href="http://lancasterbikeclub.net/cbmc.html" target="_blank">Covered Bridge Metric Century</a>, in Lancaster PA. Kathleen & I went up yesterday afternoon and met up with some of her friends from the <a href="http://rideforthefeast.kintera.org/faf/search/searchTeamPart.asp?ievent=1093370&lis=1&kntae1093370=C135D327A77E4136BA9328EB26A24431&team=5781219" target="_blank">Rebels with a Cause</a> group for dinner. Then it was up early to do the ride. The day started of cloudy, and sure enough it rained for about the first three hours, I have never been so wet on a ride.<a href="http://www.strava.com/activities/181743867/" target="_blank"> Here is my route map and stats.</a> At any rate, for the first 20 or 30 minutes it was dry, and on our way out of Lancaster we passed through this park, I thought it was especially picturesque.<br />
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And here are the Rebels, this was about the last I saw of Kathleen & company, they all move at a more substantial pace than I do. Mara (closest to the camera) is slower, but she was only doing the half.<br />
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Lancaster is the heart of Amish Country, so lots of horse and buggies on the road, and lots of horse poop as well :).<br />
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This was just after it started raining, I love the umbrella/push scooter thing combination.<br />
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So as I mentioned this is the Covered Bridge Metric Century, so we went through/over several of them today. This one was the first, at about mile 18.<br />
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And they kept coming, this is the second one for the day.<br />
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Somewhere in here I missed the third one entirely, it popped up out of nowhere before I could fish the old camera out. But I am making up for it with this high speed (about 25 miles an hour down the hill) approach to the next one.<br />
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Here is the exit of the last one, my attempt at the entrance side yielded a picture of my foot :)<br />
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From here it was about another 15 miles to the finish, and I bonked pretty hard at this point. I kept thinking "oh well there will be a mini-market any minute now, I will get a coke and ride on pure sugar to the end". But there wasn't. In retrospect I should have stopped for lunch at the lunch stop. But I did finish, ate half a subway sandwich, a banana, and a couple of cookies. No sign of Kathleen and company, so I ran over to the mini-market and got a coke (actually 2) and a snickers bar. 30 minutes later when Kathleen showed up I felt much more human. Then it was load up and say goodbye to the rebels and head for home. So I ended up with 69 miles for the day (about 4 extra for a wrong turn, and having to back track to the course). Not too bad for no miles in a month. Now I need to clean up and tear down the bikes, riding in the rain made a mess out of them.Roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11030252916321220495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-718692852347258541.post-75127317855638035412014-07-20T15:23:00.001-04:002014-07-20T15:23:23.147-04:00Just a meanderToday was a <a href="http://www.strava.com/activities/168580898/" target="_blank">meandering ride</a> around Baltimore. Kathleen was doing the <a href="http://pages.rapha.cc/en_US/" target="_blank">Rapha Women's 100K</a> today, so I was left to my own devices. I opted to ride up the Gwynns Falls Trail and around to the Hillsdale neighborhood. I have always liked this area, it surrounds the municipal golf course there. The houses are groovy post war type. Baltimore has lots of different neighborhoods, you would think that they were mostly rowhouses, but in fact there are houses of all types depending on where you go.<br />
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Then it was back to the house to clean up.Roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11030252916321220495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-718692852347258541.post-84837789400881594782014-07-13T21:45:00.001-04:002014-07-13T21:45:44.382-04:00Hot day in JulyIt was hot today, Africa hot, Tarzan couldn't take this kind of heat. About 90 degrees and 1billion percent humidity. But out I <a href="http://www.strava.com/activities/165635747" target="_blank">went for a ride</a> anyhow, because I am dumb like that. My original intent was to ride out to BWI and do the loop around the airport, but with the heat that plan got axed about 10 miles in. But anyhow, riding through the Inner Harbor I stopped to see what was happening at the fountain, and as I expected lots of kids playing in it and cooling off.<br />
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Then it was time to head out towards BWI, but as I mentioned it was hot as hell, so I ended up doing a big loop through Brooklyn and back to the house. As I rode back towards home on Hanover street I got this shot of the harbor at work. Busy day, cruise ship in at the dock.<br />
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Then it was back to the house to clean up and get on with the day.Roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11030252916321220495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-718692852347258541.post-9631170248123883412014-06-28T21:30:00.002-04:002014-06-28T21:30:40.967-04:00Saturday work daySo it was a beautiful day today, Kathleen went off to do a century at the crack of dawn whereas I slept in then <a href="http://www.strava.com/activities/159288601/" target="_blank">rode my bike</a> into work. I have a busy 4th coming up, I am doing the <a href="http://www.nps.gov/foju/index.htm" target="_blank">National Park Service's 4th on the National Mall</a>, the <a href="https://www.bsomusic.org/about/plan-your-visit/other-venues/oregon-ridge.aspx" target="_blank">Baltimore Symphony Orchestra's 4th at Oregon Ridge Park</a> here in B'more, and<a href="http://www.visitphilly.com/events/philadelphia/july-4th-festival-concert-and-fireworks/" target="_blank"> Philadelphia's 4th of July party on Ben Franklin Parkway</a>. Lots of details to get in order, so I took the opportunity while the office was quiet to get ahead of the curve. The ride in was uneventful, and I did get what I needed to get done done. So I decided that I would chronicle my ride home on the <a href="http://www.gwynnsfallstrail.org/" target="_blank">Gwynns Falls Trail</a> for today's blog post. <br />
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It all started right here, at my total disaster area desk.<br />
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Then I packed up my stuff and got going, this is the start of the Gwynns Falls Trail, about 200' from the bridge to our shop.<br />
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This used to be through road, but now it's just a path for bikes, joggers, dog walkers etc.<br />
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A quick, but dicey cut across Windsor Mill Road leads to the next section of the trail.<br />
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At the far end of that, there is about a mile on Franklintown Road, this can be avoided if you take the other branch of the trail, but the other branch is crusher run (rocks) and sucks on the road bike.<br />
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But then back on the trail for the first park of the trip, Leon Day Park.<br />
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After that more bike path along the Gwynns Falls River.<br />
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We had a bunch of heavy rain a couple of weeks ago, there was a mudslide on this part of the trail, the city seems to have come through with a bulldozer to clear it, but it's still a little sloppy.<br />
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Next is cross Baltimore Street to get to the ostensibly closed section of the trail, but as I noted a couple of weeks ago, it's not that big a deal.<br />
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The big black pipes are still here, I can't figure out for the life of me what they are doing here.<br />
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Then there is another little park, but it has been taken over by the bridge reconstruction project.<br />
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More giant black pipes leading towards the bridge under construction.<br />
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On the other side of the bridge is Lower Gwynns Falls Park, the two kids there are getting ready to go down a pretty steep hill into the lower part of the park.<br />
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Then a quick jaunt on Wilkens Ave before cutting back down along the river.<br />
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This is the bridges and grades section, there are a series of bridges that cross over the Gwynns Falls and the train tracks through here.<br />
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After the bridges is this tunnel, it's a bit of crapshoot, if it's been raining a lot the other side can be super muddy or sandy, and since you are going downhill all the way to the entrance you can be carrying quite a bit of speed. I wasn't too worried since I had rode out this way on the way to work as well, so I knew it wasn't a problem.<br />
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Then more trail next to the river headed towards the golf course.<br />
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A quick selfie here :) You'll have to excuse my gloved hand on the left side.<br />
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Then up a little grade to street level which dumps you out into the parking lot by the golf course.<br />
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Now the trail is a big sidewalk along Washington Boulevard, the big building to the left is the <a href="http://www.montgomerypark.com/" target="_blank">Montgomery Park</a> office building, it used to be the Montgomery Wards headquarters/warehouse for their catalog business.<br />
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At Wilkens & Monroe is the entrance to the last park of the ride, Carroll Park.<br />
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Through the park to Bush Street, from here on out it's mostly surface streets. The sign said the road is closed, but of course it wasn't.<br />
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The view down Bush Street.<br />
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This is a new thing along Bush Street, <a href="http://www.stx.com/" target="_blank">STX</a> makers of Lacrosse equipment has located their headquarters here, they are in a couple of buildings right along this stretch.<br />
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Then a turn up Ridgely Street towards the stadiums.<br />
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Then a right on Ostend and over the bridge in the distance.<br />
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Which takes you into Federal Hill.<br />
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Down to Light Street and hang a left.<br />
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Now back on bike paths around the inner harbor, that's the <a href="http://www.mdsci.org/" target="_blank">Maryland Science Center</a> on the right.<br />
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They redid the bike path through the Inner Harbor, unfortunately they made it look just like the rest of the plaza/sidewalk so it's pretty perpetually clogged with people now. It's so stupid that I can only assume that it was some sort of political payback.<br />
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Following it around onto the Pratt Street side.<br />
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Past the <a href="http://www.aqua.org/" target="_blank">National Aquarium,</a> then a quick right along the driveway here next to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USCGC_Taney_(WHEC-37)" target="_blank">USCGC Taney</a>, which was at Pearl Harbor in 1941 when it was bombed.<br />
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Through the Pier 5/6 complex and across President Street to Eastern Avenue, in the home stretch now.<br />
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This is the segment of South Collington between Fleet & Eastern, closed off for a block party today, complete with live music.<br />
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Then up the alley to the garage and voila! another commute completed.<br />
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<br />Roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11030252916321220495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-718692852347258541.post-49097255309262219132014-06-15T15:53:00.000-04:002014-06-15T15:53:17.382-04:00End of an eraTodays ride was under gorgeous sunny skies, and low humidity. The last week has been muggy and thundershowers all week, but Friday night a front blew through and pushed all that out. <a href="http://www.strava.com/activities/153979412" target="_blank">I went out for a ride today</a> with no particular plan, but I ended up at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparrows_Point" target="_blank">Sparrows Point Steel Mill</a>. The mill has been closed for about a year now, the last owners were unable to find a buyer for it. Once upon a time it employed tens of thousands of people, had a shipyard (that my Dad's first ship he captained was built at, he was telling me about going out there to pick it up in the 70's), and was a huge economic engine for the area. At any rate, they are slowly demolishing it now, and since there was no security there, I threw my bike over the jersey walls that block the entrances and went to have a look.<br />
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Demolition is moving right along, as you can see.<br />
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One of the buildings was open so I went in to have a look.<br />
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These are enormous generator parts, that's my bike sitting at the foot of one of them.<br />
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I am assuming that this once was someones means to get around the plant.<br />
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More generator parts here.<br />
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The plant is huge, it covers an area about 2 miles by 4 miles, and is slowly being brought down.<br />
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This is the galvanizing line, soon to be scrap.<br />
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It was mostly me and the local bird life, now that things are quiet they are making nests.<br />
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Hard to tell the scale here, but these are 3" diamater steel cables just laying in the dirt.<br />
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This is the blast furnace, shut down now. When they were trying to sell the plant still they had a skeleton crew on to keep this running, once you shut it down it's ruined.<br />
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I am not sure what this building did, but the towers with the spiral staircases were pretty cool looking.<br />
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More bird life.<br />
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The blast furnace from the other side.<br />
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This gives you an idea of how big and busy the plant used to be, they had their own traffic lights. They are still running, but nobody is there now.<br />
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Then it was back to the house to clean up.Roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11030252916321220495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-718692852347258541.post-40400956979864384372014-06-01T14:02:00.001-04:002014-06-01T14:02:24.633-04:00A Beautiful SundayToday turned out to be a gorgeous day, and since my hand wasn't bothering me as much as it was yesterday, <a href="http://www.strava.com/activities/148235777/" target="_blank">we went out for a ride</a>. Kathleen and I headed up towards Druid Lake Park, here she is dropping me (not for the last time today) as we pedaled through the neighborhood.<br />
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We headed towards the Jones Falls, at the corner of President & Fayette I noticed this in the concrete of the sidewalk.<br />
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We passed by the farmers market (we had already been today on the city bikes), and then passed by this couple on our way up the bike path. Molly (the little girl in the kid seat) gave us a go faster as we went by.<br />
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We headed up to Druid Lake Park, and did a little lap around the lake before Kathleen continued on out to the county to do a training ride. I headed up the Gwynns Falls Parkway, and then onto the Gwynns Falls trail, it's very nice and shady this time of year.<br />
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A little further along, I came upon this, so being how I am, I ignored the signage to see what was up on this section of the trail.<br />
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It turned out there were these huge pipes run along the trail, no idea what this is about, especially since both ends were open.<br />
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On the other side of the closed section I got to the bridge project that is ongoing, it's starting to look like they are on the rebuilding phase.<br />
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Then I took the new pedestrian/bike bridge that they built just before they demolished the old bridge. I of course ignored this sign, it's a little low ceilinged but I can't imagine why you can't ride across it, especially since I did without any drama.<br />
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On the other side I spotted this sign for a church, what a mouthful.<br />
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Then it was back to the house for a shower, update the blog (done!) and then clean up Kathleen's old bike to get it ready to sell.Roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11030252916321220495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-718692852347258541.post-36492486462364760112014-05-25T22:03:00.000-04:002014-05-25T22:03:41.776-04:00Best laid plansSo today I went up to Twenty20 in Hampden for the first Sunday group ride of the year. Unfortunately the ride leader failed to show, so I ended up <a href="http://www.strava.com/activities/145595695" target="_blank">riding on my own</a>, which was okay too. I rode up through Clipper Mill, then up the switchbacks into Druid Lake Park, it really couldn't have been a nicer day.<br />
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Then around Druid Lake, lots of people out running, walking, and using the parcourse equipment that is around the lake.<br />
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Then I rode through Johns Hopkins Homewood campus and across 33rd street to Lake Montebello, it was also hopping there.<br />
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Eventually I made my way down Hartford Road to North Avenue, where I spotted this mural.<br />
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A little further along on North Avenue, I spotted this mural as well, it's hard to read but there is a note to scan the barcode :)<br />
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From there I made my way down to the farmers market under I-83 and availed myself of some freshly made donuts before heading for home.Roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11030252916321220495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-718692852347258541.post-17086925840601786852014-05-24T23:14:00.002-04:002014-05-26T20:28:57.025-04:00First ride after surgerySo, this is a bit of a long story. I had an accident at work at the end of January where my left index finger was crushed between two of Steve Miller Band's cases while we were crossloading there stuff back off our truck and onto theirs at our loading dock. But being a guy, I assumed that because the joints were still working it wasn't broken. A month later I went to the Patient First, because I felt that the swelling should have gone down more by then. The docs there took a series of xrays and of course it was broken, into 4 small pieces in fact and had started to heal incorrectly. They referred me to <a href="http://www.chesapeakehand.com/" target="_blank">Greater Chesapeake Hand Specialists</a>, who it turns out are the leaders in hand surgery, and come from the Curtis Hand Center at Union Memorial here in Baltimore.<br />
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The doctor there started me on physical therapy to loosen up the finger as much as possible, so I did a month of that, where the therapist discovered that in addition to the break, the tendon that runs on top of the finger was fused to the bone from the accident. So April 8th I had surgery to correct all this stuff, the result was this:<br />
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5 tiny srcrews and a metal plate down the side of the finger. I was in a cast for a week, then a protective splint, and started physical therapy again, which is ongoing. The only downside was that to avoid having to use general anesthesia, they do a nerve block where they deaden the nerves in your lower arm, then they just give a sedation via IV for the surgery. Unfortunately some people, mostly skinny folk like me, have longer recovery times from this. So up until this weekend, full extension of my arm resulted in a fiery pain in the palm of my hand, which sucked. I also still have a numbness in my hand, like when your hands are freezing cold, which means I don't have any real strength in the fingers of the left hand still. The doc says worst case a couple more months for that all to work out, but it is temporary. <br />
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So as a result I haven't been on my bike since the Miami vacation. But today I was feeling like I wanted to try and get out, so I got my act together and <a href="http://www.strava.com/activities/145184873/" target="_blank">headed out for an easy ride</a> to test the waters. I decided that a run around to Fort McHenry would be a good test, fairly flat and all. The first thing I discovered is that my left hand is too weak to operate the upshift for the front derailleur. I resorted to reaching across with my right hand if I had to go up to the big front chainring, kinda of a hassle but not the end of the world. As I rode around the Inner Harbor it was hopping, lots of tourists and such.<br />
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Some sort of fair thing going on across Light Street from the Inner Harbor too.<br />
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Further up Light street along the bike path was this carriage, all it needs is a pair of white horses and Cinderella. No idea what it was doing there, but certainly was not expected.<br />
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Over at Rash Field the <a href="http://www.baltimorebeach.com/" target="_blank">Baltimore Beach Volleyball</a> courts were busy, it was a truly beautiful day today.<br />
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I swung by Race Pace to get some jellybeans and shoot the breeze, then out to Fort McHenry and around the circle and back towards home. On the way back around the Inner Harbor I paced this golf cart thing, didn't have a lot of option to pass him since he took up most of the bike lane, and there were lots of people walking on the path.<br />
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A quick stop at Canton Market for a soda then back to the house. But my day wasn't over yet, Kathleen is buried between work, and her internship, so I pumped up the tires on the Linus city bike and headed over to Harbor East to hit the Whole Foods there and get the shopping done. Here is the bike with all of the groceries in the saddle bags ready for the ride home.<br />
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No drama with that, although I discovered that as a result of my limited ability to bend my finger still (they had it pretty opened up for the bone work) I ended up whacking my index finger against the brake lever on the bumps, it wasn't an issue on the road bike, but on the city bike it was. Just required some additional attention to the road to avoid most of that. I am planning on going on the casual shop ride from 20Twenty tomorrow morning, so more to follow.<br />
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But we got underway about sunrise, here's our group rolling down A1A (the coast road) towards Pompano Beach.<br />
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It was a gorgeous morning, mostly sunny, and since this was a sanctioned thing, we had the whole road to ourselves, the motorcycle in the distance is our escort, and there were police at all of the intersections to wave us through and hold traffic :)<br />
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Seriously, how much nicer could it get in March?<br />
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We even had spectators :)<br />
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Here is the A+ (USA Cycling pro license and resume required) group coming back the other way, the route went down to Pompano Beach, then all the way back up to Palm Beach, then back down to Delray for the finish.<br />
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Then the A group passed by (27mph average speed)<br />
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Then the B+ group (Kathleen is in here somewhere).<br />
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Here is more of the B+ group, I was hoping to catch Kathleen in there, but with so many bodies, it was pretty unlikely.<br />
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We continued on down to Pompano Beach where there was a rest stop with food and drinks, then doubled back to head north towards Palm Beach.<br />
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Sunny skies and police support made it a great time.<br />
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Just after this I actually spotted Kathleen coming back the other way (which meant she was at least 15 miles ahead of me at that point), but since I didn't have my camera in my hand and on, I totally missed it. We pressed on towards the rest stop at mile 42. More sunny skies and Atlantic Ocean abounded.<br />
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Just after this is where it all went wrong. We turned into the rest stop at mile 43 <a href="http://delraybeachtwilight.com/2014forms/DBTF-Granfondo-Map.pdf" target="_blank">(Here's the map of the course)</a> in one of the beach parking lots, and the signage beyond turning off A1A was non-existent, so there was some confusion as to which way to go once we got off the highway. I turned into the parking lot after spotting the rest stop, but the marshall behind me (she's in the pictures with the blue ribbon in her hair) was going straight (as were about half of our group) and ran into my rear wheel. She ended up injuring her hand in the fall and had to be driven back. This really sucked the wind out of my sails, I felt like a total moron for screwing up her day and ride. That coupled with the fact that I have also been struggling with <a href="http://www.bicycling.com/training-nutrition/injury-prevention/cool-your-hot-dogs" target="_blank">cyclist's hotfoot</a> which had manifested itself pretty solidly at that point, I ended up heading back. I cut over to the mainland at Boynton Beach to get a coke and mentally regroup, then pedaled by myself down Highway 1 back to Delray Beach. I caught up with Kathleen there, she did the whole thing in 2:46 including stops for a 63 mile ride . Not quite fast enough to win her age group (the ride is timed, everybody wears transponders), but pretty darn quick. At the finish they had a big party, with food and drink, music, massages, and the like. I also ran into (not literally this time) the marshall, who called out to me by saying "I beat you back here" with a big smile on her face. This helped quite a bit, but I still feel pretty crappy about the whole thing. Kathleen said her group had a wreck at the same rest stop, so maybe the organizers will have a little better signage for next year. We hung around for the podium ceremonies to see if she had won her age group, then back to the house to get cleaned up. <br />
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So a bit of an anticlimatic end to the week, but I learned a few things, and pushed myself a little harder than I would if left to my own devices. I would like to come back next year and try it again, and to that end, get a bunch more miles in before coming down, besides the hotfoot, my butt started to get pretty sore :), but that is cured by hours on the bike. Toughens up the butt :) At any rate,<a href="http://www.strava.com/activities/123318265" target="_blank"> here's my map and stats for the day</a>, it ended up being 57 miles for me. Now we get to repack the bikes and get ready to head back up to Baltimore tomorrow, it's supposed to be rain/snow on Tuesday, I imagine it will be quite the shock to the system :(<br />
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Just after this rain began bucketing down, so we took shelter under somebody's front porch until it stopped. Then headed back out to continue our ride. We swung by a local Costco in search of a plastic bag to stick my camera and phone in, just in case it started raining again. The nice ladies at the returns desk had a ziplock bag they gave me, and we were back underway. As I mentioned, the turn by turn turned out to be a little glitchy, luckily Kathleen had also sent the directions to herself at her phone. Here she is trying to figure out what the hell we are supposed to be doing.<br />
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Location pinpointed we continued on the <a href="http://www.traillink.com/trail/el-rio-trail.aspx" target="_blank">El Rio Trail</a> towards Boca Raton. It reminded me a lot of the Gwynns Falls, but that trail never looks like this in March. Nor is it as flat :)<br />
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Once in Boca we meandered around some interesting neighborhoods, one side of the street would be fairly normal suburban houses, the other side (that backed to the water) would be enormous mansions.<br />
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I shot that picture while Kathleen consulted the phone again to figure out where we were/supposed to be going.<br />
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We headed back up towards Delray Beach after that. On the way back we passed these ducks in the river, not particularly exciting, except it appeared that one duck was standing on the other ducks back.<br />
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It turned out that the lower duck of the pair was in fact a fake, which made it a little less weird. Then it was back to the house to get cleaned up and head into downtown Delray for some lunch/dinner and the Criterium races that were happening that evening. First on the agenda was the amateur mens race. These five guys broke away early.<br />
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Then the field chased them, pretty much for the whole race. The eventually reeled in all but two of them, who went on to get first and second, leaving only third place for the peloton to contest.<br />
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Next up was the women's pro race. The ladies were pretty darn speedy, and kept the field together for the whole race, which ended in a bunch sprint. <br />
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We were camped out across from the pits area. With this type of racing the pits are neutral, SRAM provides that service, so if any of the riders have an issue they can pull in to get help. The race officials will allow you one lap to get help without penalty (about a 1:20). Here one of the ladies is getting a new rear wheel to remedy a flat suffered during the race.<br />
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It got pretty busy at times, at this point there were three gals in getting service.<br />
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Then it was time for the Pro Men's race. These guys were fast!<br />
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I shot a little video with my camera, the three guys go by off the front, then the Peoloton follows them about 20 seconds later.<br />
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We watched for a little while longer, then headed back to get some sleep, our start time the next morning for the Gran Fondo was 7:00AMRoberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11030252916321220495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-718692852347258541.post-9532508429716395722014-03-20T20:04:00.000-04:002014-03-20T20:04:12.117-04:00Shark Valley Everglades National ParkFor <a href="http://www.strava.com/activities/122477158" target="_blank">today's ride</a> we packed the bikes up in the rental minivan and went out to <a href="http://www.nps.gov/ever/planyourvisit/shark-valley-trails.htm" target="_blank">Shark Valley Everglades National Park</a>. There is a 15 mile loop through the Everglades there that you can ride on. So we did just that, and saw a lot of amazing wildlife along the way.<div>
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Birds (no I don't know what kind)</div>
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Juvenile alligators<br />
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Adult alligators<br />
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Teen Alligators<br />
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Another kind of bird, check out the yellow feet!<br />
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Mama alligator<br />
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Rigght to her right about a dozen baby alligators<br />
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A scenic view of the Everglades<br />
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Another kind of bird<br />
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More full sized alligators<br />
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A different view of the Everglades<br />
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A big alligator<br />
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The tram road through the park.<br />
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Another bird<br />
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Kathleen :)<br />
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The tram, it's 25 bucks a head to take the tram out to the observation tower.<br />
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An adult alligator in a kid sized pool, I told it that it was too big for the kiddie pool.<br />
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On the other side of the road was this one in another smallish pool, just the eyes were above the waterline.<br />
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These purple flowers were all over, this one has some sort of a bee in it.<br />
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Trees bleached white, not sure what causes this.<br />
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At any rate, this morning we popped the cases open and rebuilt the bikes, Kathleen shot this pic of me while I was putting them together.<br />
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Then it was off into the 80 degree and sunny weather of Miami for a <a href="http://www.strava.com/activities/122234394" target="_blank">ride</a>. Here's Kathleen following me along through one of the neighborhoods.<br />
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And going down the road, apparently Florida doesn't have mandatory helmet laws for motorcycles.<br />
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We rode across town and over the JFK Causeway to Miami Beach, this is Ocean drive in South Beach.<br />
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Then it was back across Miami Beach, but on our way we passed this park with this killer climbing tree. Made me wish I was 10 again.<br />
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Then it was back across the Venetian Causeway to the mainland.<br />
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I noticed this bit o' art on a piling while we were waiting at a light.<br />
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We headed south towards the Rickenbacker Causeway which leads over to Key Biscayne. The climb on the causeway is a Strava segment, so Kathleen decided to go for it, she is the tiny blue dot up there.<br />
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Once we got over to the other side it was all beaches and palm trees.<br />
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We made it to the developed part of Key Biscayne and stopped for a snack.<br />
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Then it was time to head back. I really can't say enough about how welcome this weather is, it's been a long crappy winter in Baltimore. We actually got another 6" of snow last Monday.<br />
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Here's the view of downtown Miami from the causeway coming back.<br />
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Then it was back to our groovy little cabin in Miami that we got through <a href="https://www.airbnb.com/" target="_blank">Airbnb</a>. It's a tiny little private nature preserve in the middle of a neighborhood, we have a little cabin there. If you look hard you can see the river that the property backs up to on the left side of the picture.<br />
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After 40 miles it was time to get cleaned up, then into Miami Beach for dinner at <a href="http://www.sazoncubancuisine.com/" target="_blank">Sazon</a>. I have gone there a couple of times when down here working, so I wanted to share it with Kathleen. So this is just our first day, barring weather we should get 3 more rides in, including the <a href="http://delraybeachtwilight.com/granfondo-ride.php" target="_blank">Delray Beach Twilight Gran Fondo</a> on Sunday.Roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11030252916321220495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-718692852347258541.post-30541135406373180582014-03-08T18:16:00.002-05:002014-03-08T18:16:55.704-05:00A couple of ridesAfter another couple of weeks of snow and cold temps, it was 60 degrees today. So after sleeping in (while Kathleen went to a trainer ride :) ) and going to breakfast, I got the bike down to get it ready to go out. In the process I mangled the presta valve on the front wheel, <a href="http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/368923509" target="_blank">so it was off to Race Pace on the Linus</a> to get a new one (and a couple of CO2 cartridges). The shop was crazy busy, nothing like a nice Saturday after months of cold to bring people in :). The nice weather brought out lots of people in general, the Inner Harbor was packed, and Baltimore Beach was open for the first time in a while.<br />
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Back to the house, fixed the valve, and got changed, and did <a href="http://www.strava.com/activities/118844404" target="_blank">essentially the same ride at a faster pace on the road bike</a>. Going out Eastern Avenue I noticed this mural, this is like 3 blocks from my house, and I have never noticed it, so it must be new.<br />
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To the left is <a href="http://www.tochtermansfishingtackle.net/" target="_blank">Tochterman Fishing Tackle</a>, I am assuming they had this done. On the other side of the harbor, I came across this bike on Fort Avenue, caught my eye from across the street, so I turned around a got a picture. So much pink fake fur goodness here.<br />
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Then it was out to Fort McHenry, a quick lap around the parking lot then back out Fort Avenue. Crossing the bridge over the rail, I noticed that a cruise ship was in, and the combination of the late afternoon sun, the rows of tanker cars in the yard and the ship in the distance really spoke to me.<br />
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Pedalling back to the house, I caught another sure sign of nicer weather, Firefighters hanging out in front of the firehouse at Eastern & Collington.<br />
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<br />Roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11030252916321220495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-718692852347258541.post-30852307437163607242014-02-23T21:42:00.001-05:002014-02-23T21:42:33.757-05:00SpringlikeAfter months of cold and a bunch of snow, we finally caught a break today, mid 50's and sunny. I had to go into work to get my act together for the AIPAC Policy conference that starts loading in next week so I decided <a href="http://www.strava.com/activities/115636465/" target="_blank">I would ride in</a>. I have not been on the bike much lately, I just can't deal with riding the trainer, so I opted to take the Gwynns Falls Trail. It was pretty clear, there's a lot sand/salt on the roads from the snow, but the trail doesn't get serviced so it was mostly clear. <br />
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I got to the site of the construction from a <a href="http://robert-bikerides.blogspot.com/2013/09/commute-day.html" target="_blank">previous commute</a> and they have definitely made some progress, I had to use the new pedestrian/cycle bridge this time.<br />
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That is where the torn up bridge used to be, quite the construction project. A little further out I got signs of our 14" of snow from a week and a half ago.<br />
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The trail was pretty clear up until the last little leg that leads to the shop, at which point I was confronted by this. Not happening on a road bike with slicks, so I stopped and put on my sneakers and hiked the rest of the way in, luckily I wore my backpack so I could bring something to where at the shop.<br />
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At the shop this guy was out enjoying the sun and a snack, pretty fat for a post winter squirrel.<br />
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I spent 4 hours getting my act together at the shop, then headed for home. I took a different route to avoid the hike-a-bike section and went through Druid Lake Park. The lake is still half frozen, and most of the birds seem to prefer the frozen part, but there were a few that bolded the water part.<br />
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Then it was back to the house. Man am I out of any sort of form, this was a bit of a wake-up call for me, time to get back on the bike regularly so hopefully these updates will come a little more frequently. Of course we are supposed to get another storm starting tonight and then snow on Tuesday/Wednesday so I will have to take it as it comes for a week or two more.Roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11030252916321220495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-718692852347258541.post-49873824529772351232014-01-12T13:38:00.001-05:002014-01-12T13:38:37.913-05:00First ride of the New YearGot <a href="http://www.strava.com/activities/105883779" target="_blank">out for a ride</a> today for the first time this year, kinda tragic actually. The weather has been pretty cold and crappy so far this year, so I feel moderately justified, but still. Kathleen took off earlier to co-lead the Twenty20 Women's ride that she does every month, and I slept in a little later then went for a fairly easy ride around the Inner Harbor. Somewhere around the horn of the harbor the wind picked up, so getting out to Fort McHenry was a breeze (so to speak). Coming back was miserable, the whole way around the Federal Hill side of the harbor was straight up headwind. Totally miserable. But then once I hit Pratt it was a tailwind the whole way home :).<br />
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On my way home I swung by the cool park at Pier 5. This are used to be just a big paved plaza, then last year they tore it all up and built a grassy area, initially with this as it main feature.<br />
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It's open at both ends so the kids go back and forth through it. There are also multiple sets tubular bells at the side of the park, there are mallets in the little buckets underneath so that you can play a song.<br />
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At the other end of the park there is a cool hedge/tunnel deal, as evidenced by the lack of grass there, very well traveled.<br />
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There is also a sit and spin thing over by the bells, have not seen any huge wrecks there :).<br />
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It's pretty awesome, the old plaza never had anybody there, just passing through to other Inner Harbor attractions. The park is always busy if it's at all nice, kids playing, parents hanging out. It's kind of interesting how big a transformation it has been.<br />
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So as I rolled home, our decorating the window neighbor did it up for Christmas this year :)<br />
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<br />Roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11030252916321220495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-718692852347258541.post-42889516800999188422013-12-28T18:05:00.002-05:002013-12-28T18:05:47.774-05:00Errands DayIt was a nice day out, so after lazing around most of the morning, Kathleen and I <a href="http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/338973859" target="_blank">went out to do some errands</a>. We took the city bikes down to <a href="http://www.redstarbar.us/" target="_blank">Red Star</a> for brunch, then over to the Whole Foods and did the shopping. Then back to the house, no pics from that part (forgot my camera). Then it was time to install Kathleen's gift on her <a href="http://robert-bikerides.blogspot.com/2013/10/new-bike-for-kathleen.html" target="_blank">new bike</a>. Road cyclists are pretty OCD, and the stem that was on the bike did not match the <a href="http://ritcheylogic.com/" target="_blank">Ritchey</a> Seatpost or headset, plus it had a natural aluminum front part so it really stood out on her otherwise all black & red bike. So for Christmas I got her a Ritchey carbon fiber stem to match the rest of the bike's finishing kit. Here it is on the bike, about the time we discovered that because it's a little taller, we would need a different set of spacers to make it all work.<br />
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So we hopped on the city bikes again, and in a desperate race against the sunset, we schlepped around the Inner Harbor to <a href="http://racepacebicycles.com/" target="_blank">Race Pace</a> in Federal Hill to get the appropriate spacers. Here's Kathleen as we rolled through Little Italy on the way over.<br />
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We were successful at the shop, and made it back by sunset (stupid winter). Then it was re-assemble the bike time, here is the finished product.<br />
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It's supposed to be reasonably nice tomorrow, so we are hoping to get a ride in.Roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11030252916321220495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-718692852347258541.post-81938696346225907092013-12-21T19:33:00.001-05:002013-12-21T19:33:13.467-05:00Suprise! It's SpringWell, after several weeks of sub freezing temperatures, a little snow, and generally winter-like conditions, today ended up being a beautiful day. High 60's and sunny, so Kathleen and I <a href="http://www.strava.com/activities/101310629" target="_blank">went out for a ride</a>. We went up to Druid Lake park, did a lap around the lake, then back through Johns Hopkins and over to Lake Montebello. The lake was hopping lots of people out using the Parcourse equipment, and other cyclists. There were also a bunch of geese hanging out, I think that they are pretty much here for the winter.<br />
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On our way out of the park, Kathleen pointed out the wreath, all done in Baltimore Ravens colors.<br />
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We ended up doing 21 miles, and it was gorgeous, tomorrow is supposed to be more of the same, so hopefully I will get out again. I need to get back in the swing, 2 months between rides is tooooo long.Roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11030252916321220495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-718692852347258541.post-41475310436575568512013-10-12T21:31:00.001-04:002013-12-21T19:34:46.801-05:00Baltimore MarathonToday was the <a href="http://www.thebaltimoremarathon.com/" target="_blank">Baltimore Running Festival</a>, and Kathleen was doing the half marathon. So I got up in a timely fashion (they weren't starting until 9:45AM), and r<a href="http://www.strava.com/activities/88608737" target="_blank">ode down to spectate</a>. I waited at President Street and a few minutes later the runners appeared. With the first group Kathleen appeared.<br />
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And that was the last time I saw here until she got home. I rode over to Baltimore & Linwood to wait for her, and apparently totally missed her, she said she called out and everything. This is right where the half marathon group meets the full marathon group, so there were a ton of people coming through. I did however spot this couple in tutus.<br />
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After a while I realized I had missed her, so since I had no idea how much further ahead she was, I decided to head over to the finish area to scope it out. Since the Boston Marathon, the police are much more paranoid, so I couldn't get super close, but I found a spot to watch for her at the finish. I usually figure she is going about 9 minute miles, so I made a note of when I needed to be back and headed out to noodle around and kill time.<br />
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Right behind the stadium is this bit of graffitti on the skylight of a warehouse building, I am totally curious what MEAR! means.<br />
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I rode over to Carroll Park from there, and heard a very steam train sounding whistle from the direction of the <a href="http://www.borail.org/" target="_blank">B & O Railroad Museum</a>. So from my previous encounter with the steam trains I knew the line they run them on runs behind Carroll Park, so I kind of triangulated where it would be by the smoke and steam rising from behind the treeline. I found a platform that must have been built for them, and sure enough, here comes the train.<br />
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Complete with nattily dressed conductor.<br />
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Here's the engine going by the platform, since they don't have a way to turn around, it runs backwards out, and forwards back to the museum.<br />
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I noodled around Carroll Park and the golf course for a little bit, then headed back to the stadium to catch Kathleen at the finish. At 2:20 clock time I gave up, and headed home, the finish area was a total cluster to get into, to try and find her. So I pedaled back to the house and got my act together, sold the old exhaust off the Subaru. Kathleen turned up, she had a pretty terrible race, some sort of weird knee pain? So we went and drowned our sorrows at the Red Star for lunch.Roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11030252916321220495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-718692852347258541.post-81054121409307122422013-10-06T21:46:00.002-04:002013-10-06T21:46:42.459-04:00Out to the AirportIt was a beautiful day to day, hot for early October. Kathleen did the <a href="http://www.seagullcentury.org/" target="_blank">Seagull century</a> yesterday for her birthday, and we had a nice meal at the <a href="http://theforkandwrench.com/" target="_blank">Fork and Wrench</a> last night when she got back. Today was homework for her, so I got off my duff and and went <a href="http://www.strava.com/activities/87451206" target="_blank">out for a ride</a>. I headed towards the Inner Harbor, when I got to President Street, suddenly there was no traffic (roads closed) and this was sitting there.<br />
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Asked the police officer what was going on, it turns out it was the reviewing stand for the Columbus Day parade. Sure enough when I got over to Federal Hill, there was the parade queuing up.<br />
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I slogged it out to BWI, and headed around the bike path there. It's pretty cool, you end up passing right under the landing pattern.<br />
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And at the same time very pleasant and peaceful.<br />
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After a lap of the airport it was time to head home. On my way back I passed the <a href="http://www.robnetfasteners.com/" target="_blank">Robnet</a> warehouse, they are nuts and bolts provider, as one might guess from their building.<br />
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Then it was back to the house for a shower and some home maintenance tasks before dinner.Roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11030252916321220495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-718692852347258541.post-26638047418967151792013-10-02T22:32:00.001-04:002013-10-02T22:32:07.174-04:00New bike for KathleenKathleen got a new bike last night, it's a Scott Foil 20, which is a pretty smokin' race bike. She has wanted one for a long time, and through a bit of luck in when I stopped by Race Pace for Sport Beans, she was able to get this one for a screamin' deal. So here it is.<br />
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Pretty racy. So this morning we got up early and went <a href="http://www.strava.com/activities/86555718" target="_blank">out for a ride</a>. It was a gorgeous morning, here is the sun rising over Lake Montebello.<br />
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On the way home we ended up passing by City Hall, the fountains caught my eye initially, but it is a beautiful building.<br />
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Then it was off to work.Roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11030252916321220495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-718692852347258541.post-29752919200755775352013-09-16T21:10:00.001-04:002013-09-16T21:10:11.743-04:00Commute DayToday was a <a href="http://www.strava.com/activities/82942956" target="_blank">commute day</a>, I am getting soft :) So I left this morning under leaden skies, and sure enough, about half way to work it started raining. I toughed it out and rode in, I had taken the Gwynns Falls Trail so most of it has tree cover. Did my work thing, then at 6:00PM blew on out of there for home. I stopped on the side of the trail for a beauty shot, it really turned into a gorgeous day.<br />
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Continuing down, when I hit Wilkens, the road was closed. So I did what I normally do, which is to assume that they can't possibly mean me, and continued past the barriers. This is what is on the other side. Looks like some pretty serious bridge work.<br />
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And from the other side without the solar flare :).<br />
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A little further and it was time to walk the bike.<br />
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But it's not all bad, it appears that they have built a brand new bike/people bridge that just opened.<br />
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Armed with this exciting news, I meandered on down the road, here is the blockage from the other side.<br />
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Then it was back down the trail towards home. I liked this shadow going through Federal Hill, so I am sharing it with you.<br />
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On my way through the Inner Harbor, I stopped and ordered a sandwich from Fleet Street Market (Kathleen has class late tonight), and headed home for dinner.Roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11030252916321220495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-718692852347258541.post-67138399873039586812013-09-15T22:32:00.000-04:002013-09-15T22:35:14.491-04:00Fall, maybe.It was a very fall-like day today. Temps in the mid 70's and low humidity and gorgeous sunshine. Of course next week it's supposed to be back in the 80's. At any rate, this morning Kathleen & I went to the Farmers Market on the city bikes, then back to the house, then down to Red Star for breakfast, then back to the house. At that point, Kathleen headed out to her studio to do homework for school, and I took the city bike all the way around the Inner Harbor to Pet Valu in Federal Hill to get food for the cat. So I racked up about 12 miles on the city bike before 1PM including schlepping some shopping stuff. <br />
Then I <a href="http://www.strava.com/activities/82721412" target="_blank">went out on the road bike</a> for the first time in a long time, too long in fact, I have been doing lots of running around on the city bike in the interim, but it's not the same. I decided that I would pay for my laziness by doing something strenuous, not a wimpy round the Inner Harbor and out to Fort McHenry flat ride. So I headed up to Lake Montebello, then did a lap there while I decided what to do next. I decided it would be up Harford Road, I either have never done this, or it was long enough ago that I don't remember it. So up I went, a little ways up Harford there was a little park, and in the middle this monument.<br />
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The inscription says Chris Columbus (<a href="http://www2.citypaper.com/news/story.asp?id=2492" target="_blank">no I am not making that up</a>). A little further up Harford was this groovy street art in the middle of an intersection.<br />
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And just up the block these awesome bike racks.<br />
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But then it was time to leave Harford Road, I turned onto Putty Mill Road and spotted this. I have never seen anything like it, somebody cut about 5' or more out of that van. By it's position on the driveway, I suspect it hasn't run for a while, but still not something you see every day.<br />
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After that I followed Putty Mill into Towson, then suffered through Ruxton and back down Falls Road into town for almost 31 miles. Jumped through the shower then rode the city bike down to the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/FleetStreetMarket" target="_blank">Fleet Street Market</a> and picked up sandwiches for dinner, so added another 1.5 or so to the day.Roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11030252916321220495noreply@blogger.com0