Monday, August 1, 2011

Biking the Harborwalk from Umass to Castle Island

We are hosting a Japanese exchange student who is participating in a program at UMB. After I dropped him off at the Campus Center, I decided to finally check out the Harborwalk. I saw JFK's sailboat and lots of lovely little gazebos and historical markers. It is all paved except the area by the D lot. I stopped for a cooling dip at Carson’s Beach, which thankfully has clean restrooms and an outdoor shower. After I got out of the water a lifeguard told me that yesterday the beach was closed due to high bacteria levels, nice... Castle Island is neither an island or a castle (a boring old fort on a spit of land) but it's pretty and has a nice breeze. I stopped for a hamburger and a pink lemonade at the famous Sullivan’s snack bar before biking back to the Wheatley lot. It turned out the water was okay today so I will live to post/ride again!

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