Editing Lowell trip 2013-08-03
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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! | 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): | |||
* Breakfast in the morning | |||
* Bike out to Lowell | |||
* | * Meet up folks in Lowell taking the commuter rail | ||
* | * Visit the historical park and shop girls museum | ||
* | * Lowell Spinners Baseball game at 17:05 | ||
* Train/bike back after game | |||
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* 17:05 | |||
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== Getting To Lowell == | == Getting To Lowell == | ||
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=== By Bike === | === By Bike === | ||
The | 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 [http://brucefreemanrailtrail.org/ Bruce Freeman Bike Trail] which goes all the way Lowell. The | 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 [http://brucefreemanrailtrail.org/ 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. | 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. | ||
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Folks ''do'' need to bring plenty of water and sunscreen. | Folks ''do'' need to bring plenty of water and sunscreen. | ||
== People Coming == | == People Coming == | ||
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{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
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! Person !! | ! Person !! Biking !! Spinners Game !! Claimed Mako's Tickets | ||
|- | |- | ||
| mako || | | mako || YES || YES || YES | ||
|- | |- | ||
| paultag || | | paultag || NO (train, I think?) || YES || YES | ||
|- | |- | ||
| taren || | | taren || MAYBE || ? || | ||
|- | |- | ||
| paul (taren's friend) || | | paul (taren's friend) || NO || ? || | ||
|- | |- | ||
| bernie || | | bernie || YES || YES || YES | ||
|- | |- | ||
| avital || | |||
| avital || YES || YES || YES | |||
|- | |- | ||
|} | |} | ||