Tour de USA | Stage 49 Boston/Revere Beach | EFI

Well what a trip!!  It ended today on a great note and a beautiful short ride to the beach.  49 days later I have crossed the US from Los Angeles to Boston, truly an amazing trip.  It’s late, and I will try to share some of the pictures from today and some thoughts.  

Above is me after dipping my front wheel into the Atlantic, we dipped the rear tire in the Pacific in Los Angeles.  It is amazing to me how fast the trip went, and how the terrain changed everyday, even in the desert to the Midwest, to the northeast, no 2 days were the same.  

There were so many different challenges that needed to be overcome, and so many amazing things to be seen.  It’s fascinating how much more you can see from the seat of a bicycle. 

Below is Cathy and me rolling out one last morning to head to the beach for the tire dip.
 

The clock at Revere Beach


L-R: Pete, me, Barry, Cathy


L-R: Mark, Pete, me, Barry, Cathy


Upon arriving at the beach I was immediately greeted by family and friends, some I had no idea that they were coming, such a great surprise.  I loved every minute of it!!

Below are L-R: Lisa (my sister), Lesley (my mother), Franny (hugging me my aunt)


L-R: Lisa, Lesley ( my mother hugging me)

I am surprised to see my son, I had no idea that he was coming to Boston.

Grant ( my son in the black t shirt )


My family L-R Charlie B. (My brother in law ), Lynn, me, Franny ( my aunt ), Alan ( my uncle), Grant, my mother

Lisa, my sister

And then another BIG Surprise was 3 of my high school class mates from BGA showed up!!  Great to see them. L-R: Grimes Baird, me, Bill Melley, Matt Johnson.

L-R: Bill M., me, Matt J., Grimes B.

Another one for good measure 

This is our group that made it the whole way.

After all of the ceremony we were hungry, so we walked down the beach to the local Lobster shack, Kelly’s and had a lobster roll, yum!


Here is the map from today’s ride.

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