Day 54 Middleborough, MA

June 17, 2019

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Anthony rode with us today from his house to our hotel here in Middleborough. I can't talk more about today's ride until I mention the fabulous dinner Barbara and Anthony fixed last night. They made swordfish with grilled vegetable that was so delicious. We were joined by Will and his wife Christine. With the wonderful food and great company, it was up there with the most memorable nights of the trip so far.

It was a very good ride today. It was warm, which was a nice change and we had good roads most of the way. We are continuing to get away from urban areas as we ride farther from the NYC area and the Connecticut shore.

We left Barb and Anthony's a little after 9AM and rode through Warwick and Cranston, as well as some smaller communities, on the way to Providence.

We had miles of quiet roads. There were some busier and rougher, but I didn't take pictures of those.

Anthony took us to a spot near Warwick to get good pictures of Narragansett Bay.

When encountering a sign like this, it's particularly nice to have a local rider to follow. The detour was only a couple of blocks.

At Cranston, we got another gorgeous view of Narragansett Bay.

This Cranston view is for my brother, Nelson, to stoke his boat dreams.

Past Cranston, we got into the city of Providence. We had some rough roads with lots of rail crossings for a short distance. We saw the industrial side of Providence "up close and personal". I have no pictures of that. We were really bouncing around on the road - too much to try to take photos.

We stopped at Anthony's favorite coffee shop for a break and to meet up with his daughter's father-in-law who is an avid cyclist. While we were there, one of Anthony's partners came in, so we had an audience to hear about the bike and our trip. We never get tired of that conversation!

Angus, the father-in-law, Kerry, Ken, the partner, and Anthony. It was fun meeting you guys.

Leaving Providence, we crossed the Providence River on this nice bike bridge adjacent to I-195.

Not too far east of Providence, we entered Massachusetts. This part of the ride was really nice. We had great roads and scenery.

This last picture is for Liz. (I hope she's reading our blog.) Like this mailbox?

Today's ride: 54 miles (87 km)
Total: 2,074 miles (3,338 km)

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Michael and Diane RuddockDiane likes the mailbox!
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