Lowell trip 2013-08-03
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
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.
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.
