Northeast AIDSRide 2001

Info: Day Four, 7/22/01

Cumberland, RI to Boston, MA


Total Mileage: approximately 50

This is it; we're almost there! Only about 50 miles to Downtown Boston!

As we leave Camp 3 on the last leg of the journey, it is a quiet ride through the country as we prepare to enter Massachusetts. Today's route is filled with narrow, wining, back roads that take us through some beautiful and less traveled parts of the state.

Once we leave the quiet countryside and hit city streets, we have to take extra caution. The plan is to enter Boston from the Watertown area along as much of the Charles River as possible, where we will pass some of the greatest institutions of higher learning in the country. The bike path takes us by Harvard, Boston University, and MIT, as well as by the Hatch Shell where many summer concerts take place.

The second to last step in today's journey is Rider Holding at City H all Plaza (also know as Government Center). After we check in, grab snacks and our Victory shirts, Riders may be strolling across the street to Faneuil Hall and Quincy Market to take in some of the sites and visiting the Holocaust Memorial, if there's a chance.

For a glorious end to our journey, Closing Ceremonies will be held on Charles Street between the beautiful Boston Public Garden and the historic Boston Common, America's oldest public park.
We'd love to see you there if you can make it!  Best to arrive by 3 p.m. The closing ceremony stage will be located at the corner of Charles and Beacon in Boston Commons. The closing ceremonies will be over by 6 p.m.  To meet us at the Parade Grounds in the Boston Commons following Closing Ceremonies, we'll be at the "B" in the "Meet and Greet" area.



Cheering Stations:

Where: Wilkins Four Corners Shopping Center - Plainville, MA (At the corner of Rte. 106 and Rte. 152.)
When: 6:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
   
Where: PTC - Needham, MA (Parking Lot on Kendrick Street.)
When: 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
   
Where: JOIN US FOR THE CLOSING CEREMONIES! Friends and family are all encouraged to meet the riders at the Parade Grounds on the Boston Common following Closing Ceremonies. A "Meet and Greet" area will be set up with all the letters of the alphabet. Riders can be met by first letter of last name. The closing ceremony stage will be located at the corner of Charles and Beacon on Boston Common.
When: Arrive by 3:00 p.m.



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