This weekend is the anniversary of the ride of that infamous insurrectionist, Paul Revere, and the next day's "shot heard round the world". Last year I happened to ride Battle Road to Concord on the date by fortunate coincidence; I think it would be fun to do it again this year on purpose.
Except the actual Patriot's Day is Monday, when I have to work, so I want to go tomorrow, Saturday. That's when many of the commemorations are being held in the historic park, anyway.
The route I have in mind is something like: start at Davis Sq, and take the Minuteman Bikeway out to Lexington, then break off to go through Battle Road National Historic Park until we get to the Old North Bridge in Concord, then back, possibly by the disused rail spur to Bedford and the Minuteman back to Somerville.
If the weather's good tomorrow (and it's currently supposed to be), I'd like to start at 11 am from the statue of the Desperate Pleading Mime at Davis. This is a long ride for me, so I won't be wanting to be too aggressive about the pace -- if you're not familiar with the route, I would guess this will be something like four hours of biking, with breaks for snacks and for whenever we pass something interesting -- there's supposed to be stuff going on in Battle Road on Saturday.
Anyone else up for it? (Feel free to pass the invitation along to anyone who might be interested.)