Harpoon Point-to-Point 2010

Bob Schermer volunteers at the Food Bank. Each year the Harpoon Point-to-Point ride serves as their major fundraiser. Bob's sons-in-laws and friends ride. Bobs's wife Gail and his daughter Emily volunteer. In this picture are (from the left) Jason, Andrew, Bob, grandson Mason (in front), Chris, Matt and me. The team rode the long 112 mile route.

I rode to the start in Williston, but accepted a van ride from Bethel to Barnard (big hot hill, cramping), so I wound up riding 175 kilometers = 108 miles.
Home to Williston to Bethel
Bethel to Windsor

The beer and food at the brewery were great.

4 from 3 Rivers = Une Belle Foto

 

I met these four women from Trois Rivieres at Local Motion. They had missed the turn to the SB Rec Path coming from Deerfield Drive, so I offered to show them the way back via some pretty places. Here they are at the Earth Clock at Blanchard Beach.

Intersection Intervention Misfires

Today we tried an intersection intervention like some in Burlington. We targeted Staples Plaza eastbound. There was a kind of group-think going on in the planning of it. Although Todd LeBlanc, South Burlington Police, clearly indicated that he would be targeting cars, nobody thought to question the wisdom of stopping all the cars trying to get out of Burlington at rush hour to give them a flyer about sharing the road with bikes and pedestrians. It just pissed them off. Some just weren't sure why they were being held up.

Rick did get to talk to some bicyclists, and that seemed worthwhile, but the wholesale distribution to every motor vehicle was a bad idea.

At least Jason figured it out after only 15 minutes, and we called off the intervention.
We will re-think the concept and clarify our goals of meeting a balanced group of motorists, bicyclists and walkers. Somewhere else.

Beth Jacoby and Ron Deitch

We finally met Beth Jacoby, my third cousin, and her husband Ron Deitch in Chicago.
They took us to the Eleventh Deli, a delightful New York style Jewish Delicatessen.
Ron also rides a Surly. We have a few things in common.

Frog Blog

My birthday gift this year from Carolyn & Terry is this fantastic solar-powered frog. It has a solar cell and a rechargeable battery. If you put it out in the sun, it will glow all night. I put it in the garden right next to the solar-powered thermometer (Fahrenheit AND Celcius).

Quilt Color Check

Linda has been busy assembling a quilt for Saul's birthday. It's well after his actual birthday, but we have always relished the delayed anticipation.

Do you like the colors? (The squares in the lower right are part of the composition template.)

Meadowbrook

We were pleased to discover that there is still access from Meadowbrook to the UVM cross-country course. The connection can be found at the top of the drive loop between the F and H units.




If you turn east you can follow the running course as it turns south and exits at the recreation path.