Brookline to Milton and the Observatory again

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Today Pietro was playing soccer at Curry College in Milton, and I had to drop off my car at the dealership in Brookline for a 5,000mi service check. So I threw my bike in the trunk of the car, and rode from Brookline down to Milton. I made a quick stop at the home of a friend who lives very close to Curry before the game. The game itself was good, but once again the Endicott College Gulls lost - though it was a close game.

The weather was surprisingly chilly and windy, at half time I laid down on the astroturf insude the batting cages behind the stands, where the was no wind and the sun was quite toasty. The picture on the left is the view looking up.

After the game I was pretty hungry (1pm) and not feeling on top of my game, but I decided that being all the way down there I should try the Blue Hill Observatory road again. My brain tried to make all sorts of excuses for why I would not make it: wearing a backpack, tired, hungry, muscles not warm... but I would have felt like a wimp if I hadn't tried, so I went for it. This climb is definitely a reach for me. The last 100 yards or so are just brutal! But I did make it to the top without dismounting. If all goes wall tomorrow I will go on another ride, though it should be easier.