Voice Post: 2012 PMC Saturday: Whitinsville

[ornoth]

The following is a transcription of a phone post that originally appeared in my main journal, here.

Okay, it's quarter of seven and we're at Whitinsville. Highlights so far: very foggy and misty and humid. Just pouring sweat off me, even though it's not hot yet, although it's going to get hot, as it's starting to burn off now.

I missed Jay, my friend, when we started out, but I just ran into him, so we're gonna go on together. The key here is to keep ahead of the crowd, so I'm gonna keep it quick and keep moving.

Highlights so far... There was a trumpter playing the Emprire Strikes Back Imperial March tune as we came down one screaming descent. And some of the scenery: the ponds covered in mists, with a blue heron out there standing on the rocks in the quiet pond. It was really nice.

Other than that, I'm averaging about 20 miles per hour, which is ridiculously fast, and that'll certainly slow down. This is always the fastest part of the ride because it's mostly downhill.

There's also just a ton of riders out, so I want to try and get ahead of them. That's it for now. Next stop in Franklin in about an hour, about quarter of eight.