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Took another nice long ride to celebrate Independence day. My legs felt fine after yesterday's 20+mi ride, so today I pushed a bit farther and did about 24mi. First I rode west, with waypoints in Watertwon and Belmont, then went east through Cambridge, past my place, all the way to Charlestown, before heading home. A couple of worthy places.
The Oakley Hill Golf Club in Watertown is situated atop a hill with beautiful views of the surrounding areas (though a woman who lives there told me the views are not what they used to be because of the trees). There is a beautiful old building that I thought was the club house, but in fact it was converted to condos in 1984. Also got a snapshot of a funny sign about low-flying golf balls...
Speaking of funny signs, while coming back through Charlestown and the Paul Revere Park again, I noticed an inscription on the concrete wall underneath the Leverett Connector (for you non-Bostonians, this is a long off-ramp from Rt. 93 that in my opinion is the stupidest part of the "Big Dig"; I still believe that this was meant as a temporary structure but was left there as the contractors ran out of money). Anyhow, the base of the connector, just behind the Garden, has a huge inscription that says "The greatest neighborhood this side of heaven."
No shit? This has to be one of the funniest and most feeble piece of marketing I have ever seen. I don't even want to think how much it must have cost... and it is nearly invisible -- I have probably driven by there dozens of times and never noticed it before...
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