A great many things have happened, most of them negative, since I posted yesterday.

( My no-good terrible horrific very bad day. )

( The first day. TONS of pictures, so very very dial-up unfriendly. )

Apparently, the hotel wifi network isn't up to the task of logging me into my Comcast email -- though it seems able to handle pretty much everything else net-related. Blah, oh well. Long day, which I will post about extensively when I find a better wifi spot tomorrow. I have to be up around 6:30 to make sure I get a shower before biking over to ( Read more... )

Or it will be as soon as I finish up various last minute chores, packing, organization, and upload of preliminary photos. *grin* ( Here's some backstory and some pics -- not dial-up friendly! )

So it turns out the Motel 6 I'd been eyeing and considering staying at for July 4 before my ferry ride isn't at 125 Union St. in Boston, it's in 125 Union St. in Braintree -- a difference of some 17.5 miles ( Read more... )

The crazy pace of it all makes me forget to do things that I really need to do. Like, um, making hotel reservations and Amtrak reservations in New York... *headdesk*

Hopefully I'll be able to get that straightened out. I shouldn't be getting to New York for a week, which might be enough time. I've put in a request for reservation on a single at ( Read more... )

A chance comment from a co-worker led me to investigate the possibility of taking the Boston-to-Provincetown ferry, early July 5th -- and you know, I think that's what I'm going to go for. I'll get the fantastic coolness of taking a ferry -- which I was kind of looking forward to with the Nantucket ferry, but I was worried about making it there in ( Read more... )

I'm looking towards this bike trek from a distance of less than a week now, and ... honestly, I feel excited but a touch apprehensive as well. There's this anticipatory thrill mixing with the nervousness of the unknown, like I'm perched almost at the tipping point on top of a steep, snowy slope, unable to see the bottom but knowing it'll be a hell ( Read more... )

Departure on my bike trek across New England and down to New York, that is. I'm looking forward to it with a strange mix of apprehension and excitement -- off, to explore places I've never been to before! On the road for a week, playing bike nomad! (I feel like I should buy a copy of "On the Road" just for the synchronicity of it. *grin ( Read more... )

I'm planning out what kind of portable, fairly high-calorie food I can take with me on my bike expedition (which is a meager two weeks away!). Keeping the body hydrated will be big, of course, but that's going to be covered by the three water bottles I'll have and refill often with sports drinks and water ( Read more... )