Fred's Cape Cod Monster Cross Adventure: The Woods Hole Experience

This route includes Elm Rd 

to Surf Drive 

to Oyster Pond Rd 

past the light house 

and finally up FR Lillie Rd.

Fred's Cape Cod Monster Cross Adventure: Last Day

I meant to post this sooner but was having too much fun
on the concluding days of my Cape Cod vacation
and that didn't include any more riding!

I got out of the house kind of late Thursday morning and noticed that it was a lot hotter and humid than the two previous riding days!  I made sure I had two bottles of water with me because I new I was going to need the second bottle.

This route took me out of the center of Falmouth and the beaches area but I added another bike route along the beaches east of me with the hopes of getting some more good bike cam.  The one thing I forgot to check is whether my Drift HD170 was fully charged but it was not, so I took my chances.

I wanted to cross the rail trail where I have been doing it for the previous rides but found that the road that I was on crossed it almost immediately.  When I found the route I came to an intersection where I had the right of way but some asshole driving a Verizon truck decided to jump out in front of me and came within a foot of sideswiping me.  He didn't have to do that because there was no one behind me.  I yelled some four letter explicatives at him and of course gave him the one fingered salute.

To me, the highlight of this ride was to see the Woods Hole Light House on Nobska Road.  Leading up to the light house is very much like a roller coaster, too, and it was fun zooming down hitting all the turns.

Not a lot of wind, either, this morning which made the air thicker!  I found the rail trail to be a bit busier but that was my own fault for leaving on the ride so late.  I got the end of the line on the rail trail and finished my first bottle, ate a Guu, and then headed down 151.  By the time I hit the Roundabout at Route 28 I was already through my second bottle.  Once on Central Ave, the bike route to the beach, I finished my second bottle with only 2 miles to go.

Got home and showered and then went over to a friend of my wife's house for coffee.  I was really sweating and after a few cookies and two cups of coffee I started pounding down the water and I think I should have done that in reverse because I got a cramp in the back of my leg.  I was afraid I was going to have a repeat performance of the time I did trail work down in Trumbull and my whole body cramped up afterwards.  That was horrible.  I probably should have had a gatorade after my ride to replace electrolytes.  Live and learn.

Fred's Cape Cod Monster Cross Adventure, Part Deux

I expanded my course by 2 miles and did it in the reverse direction
and got the treat of riding a rotary for the first time.

Route directions on the Cape are screwy.
I am heading north but the signs say I am heading south?
WTF?

15 miles, almost half way, I hit the Shining Sea Bikeway

Definite proof that you can put a trail alongside actual railroad tracks!
Hmmmmm!

On the north end of the trail it was pretty empty
but when you get closer to Woods Hole, it got more crowded,
especially since I was riding the trail later in the morning,

I like how the signs say give an audible signal to those in front of you
when passing but how do you get the attention of someone
listening to the iPod so loud that you can sing along to the song
and they are running in the middle of trail?

You don't see any hardcore roadies on the trail
but that I came across were of course too smug
to acknowledge my presence as a fellow cyclist
with a head bob or finger wave.

 

About 4 miles out from Woods Hole I picked up a tail,
this guy named Pierre from Montreal was drafting me for about a mile
until I noticed someone hanging on me wheel.  So we drafted each other
until we got to Woods Hole.  It was fun.

 

 

Fred's Cape Code Monster Cross Adventure

Continuing my road riding adventures I brought the Qball with me on vacation to Cape Cod and mapped out a ride that included riding along some beaches, the Shining Sea Bikeway and some great roads in Cape Cod.

Riding along the beach and looking out

Martha's Vineyard

Thinking about drinking some PBR!

The Shining Sea Bakeway is awesome!

End of the line

Not sure where this came from but I like having a grease tatoo