Ken's 2020 PMC Ride

I needed 53 miles on my last day of PMC riding to get to 192 miles total. I calculated my route carefully and expected to arrive in Somerville with exactly 192. The ride started off fine- Barbara took this shot of me leaving from our driveway in Rockport.  I biked into town and ran into a friend who took this shot of me at Rockport Harbor with the famous Motif #1 fishing shack in the backdrop. I'm renaming it Biketif #41 for the 41st PMC ride.  I headed out of town and at about mile 10 my pannier jumped off the bike rack and got lodged in my wheel. The pannier was shredded but remarkably the bike and wheel were unharmed- I love my Honey. But I called my very favorite Honey and asked her to bring me my preferred pannier. My Honey rescued me, and me and my other Honey were back on the road. Rolled through the same lovely seaside and countryside towns as described on Day 2. I was challenged to find fresh images to share on this reverse day of riding. Here's a few, including our fa

Having biked 74 miles in yesterday, I need another 118 miles over the next two days to get to 192 miles for PMC weekend. The weekend's plan was to bike up to Rockport Saturday and join the family at our Rockport house, and then bike back Sunday. I do this trip by bike often and know how to squeeze in extra miles when needed (it's generally 46 miles if I bike directly). Just like PMC weekend, I was up before dawn and on the road by 7 AM. The first third of the trip is on the Northern Strand Trail which starts nearby in Everett and ends in Lynn near the ocean. It's a great trail made possible by an amazing group of advocates who started an organization called Bike to the Sea. The trail is becoming a real game changer for biking to the northern suburbs.  Along the trail, I picked up some biking buddies. This was great since I was riding solo and missing my PMC crew. One of these riders even had a PMC jersey! The paved part of the Northern Strand trail becomes gravel in Saugus,