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* Breakfast | * 9:00: Breakfast at Johnny D's | ||
* Bike | * 9:45: Bike trip to Lowell leaves | ||
* | * 12:00: Train to Lowell from North Station | ||
* Visit the | * 12:45: Train/Bike folks meet at the Lowell commuter rail station | ||
* Lowell Spinners Baseball | * DAY: Visit the National Historic Park and Shop Girls museum | ||
* | * 17:05: Lowell Spinners Baseball Game | ||
* 21:00: Train Leaves for Boston | |||
* 22:00: Afterparty at [[Acetarium]] | |||
== Getting To Lowell == | == Getting To Lowell == |
Revision as of 21:29, 2 August 2013
To celebrate Mako's successful completion of his PhD, he's celebrating with a day of feminism, labor, and industrial history and some minor league baseball and beer!
Rough plan is (details forthcoming):
- 9:00: Breakfast at Johnny D's
- 9:45: Bike trip to Lowell leaves
- 12:00: Train to Lowell from North Station
- 12:45: Train/Bike folks meet at the Lowell commuter rail station
- DAY: Visit the National Historic Park and Shop Girls museum
- 17:05: Lowell Spinners Baseball Game
- 21:00: Train Leaves for Boston
- 22:00: Afterparty at Acetarium
Getting To Lowell
By Train
MBTA commuter rail leaves Boston North Station at 12:00 for Lowell. Arrives at 12:43.
By Bike
The planned route Lowell is 28 miles.
We'll leave at 9:45 from Davis Square. We'll take two major bike trails. We'll take the Minuteman Bikeway from Davis Square to Bedford. From there, we will take a small road to the base of the Bruce Freeman Bike Trail which goes all the way Lowell. The
The bike ride should be about 2.5 hours moving and we'll take a "no drop" pace -- so as fast as the slowest person is comfortable with. We'll plan to take half an hour of breaks along the way.
I will bring a giant bike lock so folks do not need to bring a lock.
Folks do need to bring plenty of water and sunscreen.
Getting Back From Lowell
Most people will take the commuter rail back. The commuter rail takes bikes. Trains leave at 5pm, 7pm, and 9pm and take about 45 minutes into North Station. If you are returning to Somerville, it will be much faster to get off at West Medford and then bike to Somerville from there. West Medford is quite close to Davis.
Mako is interested in riding back. Be warned though, it will be mostly bike trails going back but it will be dark so bring very good lights and bright reflective clothing if plan to bike home.
People Coming
Person | Biking | Spinners Game | Claimed Mako's Tickets |
---|---|---|---|
mako | YES | YES | YES |
paultag | NO (train, I think?) | YES | YES |
taren | MAYBE | ? | |
paul (taren's friend) | NO | ? | |
bernie | YES | YES | YES |
avital | YES | YES | YES |
Baseball Game
The Lowell Spinners will be playing the Batavia Muckdogs. They play in a short-season A league (i.e., a rookie league). The game is at:
- Edward A. LeLacheur Park
- 450 Aiken Street
- Lowell, MA 01854 (map)
Mako bought 6 tickets. The price is $6.50 each but they are all in the same general area. We are in section 105. The game is nearly sold out but other tickets are probably available.