Bay Center to Iggy's - Narragansett Bay Bike Ride No. 1
NICE weather we are having... This morning it was ten (10) degrees out there. Not the kind of temperature to draw a fair-weather bike rider, such as myself, toward the open road. Actually, even a technically "open road" in Rhode Island in January still has plenty of ice about the shoulders. "Shoulders," you know, the part of the road where you'll find BIKES. So with weather like this I'm leaving the serious riding to serious riders, like those intrepid AmeriCorps folks who bike in to work at Save the Bay's Bay Center in Providence, and those true fanatics, the Narragansett Bay Wheelmen. A tip of the helmet and hearty WhatCheer to everyone out there today!
But for the rest of us this is the time when it's OK to think about Narragansett Bay Bike Rides. Specifically, those will be the bike rides occurring in close proximity to Narragansett Bay, preferably when the temperature is somewhere a good deal north of freezing.
So today is as good a day as any for thinking about riding. And when I start thinking about riding in the vicinity of Narragansett Bay one of my default locations is Iggy's Doughboys and Chowder House. OK, they do have two locations, but I am particularly interested in the one open all season, the one at 889 Oakland Beach Avenue, Warwick, RI 02889. They also have one that's a more seasonal operation, at 1157 Point Judith Road, Narragansett, RI 02882, and that one is on hold for another day...
Now it turns out Iggy's is pretty high tech, as chowder houses go. You hit their web site (www.iggysdoughboys.com) and they will link you to Google directions to help you find your way to the place. So far so good. But, as everyone knows, Google directions are totally oriented toward that "open road" mentioned above, especially the four-wheeled vehicles that travel them. Throw Harborside Drive (the closest thing to the Bay Center's 100 Save the Bay Drive, Providence, RI 02905 address) into the drop down menu and some direction will pop up to get you to Iggy's PDQ. Not exactly what I'm talking about. While it's just getting started, the ultimate goal of this particular exercise is to produce user-friendly sets of "cue sheets" and/or maps to get someone from Point A to Point B in a way that has more to do with a safe, visually interesting experience. The 7.7 mile, 19 minute "blast," from the Bay Center to Iggy's that Google directions currently serve up have nothing to do with a scenic approach to travel, nor should they. But if you are on a bike, getting there is half the fun and that's where the "cue sheets" and/or maps come in...
So that's a brief thumbnail of what, if it is successful, will be going on here. As soon as I can I'm looking forward to posting a bike route that accomplishes the task of laying out a scenic route from the Bay Center to Iggy's. But, hey, don't feel like you have to wait for me! And if there's someone else out there who has an idea about any safe and interesting bike routes relating to Narragansett Bay, have at!
As for me, I've got a few more months before I'll be be thawed out enough to grind out my first miles of 2010. And I know exactly what I intend to do with this little "window" of opportunity...
But for the rest of us this is the time when it's OK to think about Narragansett Bay Bike Rides. Specifically, those will be the bike rides occurring in close proximity to Narragansett Bay, preferably when the temperature is somewhere a good deal north of freezing.
So today is as good a day as any for thinking about riding. And when I start thinking about riding in the vicinity of Narragansett Bay one of my default locations is Iggy's Doughboys and Chowder House. OK, they do have two locations, but I am particularly interested in the one open all season, the one at 889 Oakland Beach Avenue, Warwick, RI 02889. They also have one that's a more seasonal operation, at 1157 Point Judith Road, Narragansett, RI 02882, and that one is on hold for another day...
Now it turns out Iggy's is pretty high tech, as chowder houses go. You hit their web site (www.iggysdoughboys.com) and they will link you to Google directions to help you find your way to the place. So far so good. But, as everyone knows, Google directions are totally oriented toward that "open road" mentioned above, especially the four-wheeled vehicles that travel them. Throw Harborside Drive (the closest thing to the Bay Center's 100 Save the Bay Drive, Providence, RI 02905 address) into the drop down menu and some direction will pop up to get you to Iggy's PDQ. Not exactly what I'm talking about. While it's just getting started, the ultimate goal of this particular exercise is to produce user-friendly sets of "cue sheets" and/or maps to get someone from Point A to Point B in a way that has more to do with a safe, visually interesting experience. The 7.7 mile, 19 minute "blast," from the Bay Center to Iggy's that Google directions currently serve up have nothing to do with a scenic approach to travel, nor should they. But if you are on a bike, getting there is half the fun and that's where the "cue sheets" and/or maps come in...
So that's a brief thumbnail of what, if it is successful, will be going on here. As soon as I can I'm looking forward to posting a bike route that accomplishes the task of laying out a scenic route from the Bay Center to Iggy's. But, hey, don't feel like you have to wait for me! And if there's someone else out there who has an idea about any safe and interesting bike routes relating to Narragansett Bay, have at!
As for me, I've got a few more months before I'll be be thawed out enough to grind out my first miles of 2010. And I know exactly what I intend to do with this little "window" of opportunity...
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