9 AM: counter-protest the paul revere anti-immigrant rally
statehouse front lawn, smith and state
10 AM: meet up at 409 pine st, 3rd flr - pack, make food
12 PM: leave for scratch farm (10 mile ride)
Scratch Farm, CRANSTON - pippin orchard road (just off of plainfield
pike)
work party: weed, pull up rocks, trellis tomatoes, plant lettuce.
there's a nice pond on the farm for swimming. performing for friends of
scratch farm.
DIRECTIONS FROM 409 PINE TO SCRATCH FARM
If lost, call Luke/Polina OR Katie Miller: 401-351-4633
Head down Westminster, through olneyville square.
At Manton/Hartford/Plainfield take Plainfield-
Left onto Plainfield Street (2.7 miles).
Plainfield St turns into Plainfield pike. (watch out for turn near
park- will be a left).
Past Walmart, into farm country. Monastery on left, salsbury farm,
diner on left.
Left on Pippin orchard road just before diner.
Find 35 Pippin Orchard. The Farm is on the right. (you will see
greenhouses, and the field is up the dirt road)
wed aug 9 carr's pond
ride to carr's pond (15 miles)
***drivers be careful- there is also a "carr" pond in RI***
(possibly stop at nursing home along the way)
carr's pond entrance near hopkins hill road exit off of highway 95);
hike 1 mile to pond.
hiroshima/nagasaki memorial workshop - andrew oesch
synchronized swimming practice
camp out
DIRECTIONS FROM SCRATCH FARM TO CARR'S POND
Right onto pippin orchard road
Left onto Scituate avenue (12)
Becomes park avenue
Right onto Washington Secondary Bike Path
(you have missed the bike path if you reach rt 2)
This is where the map gets sketchy... after about 8 miles on the bike
path... (I think)
Right onto 117 West/ 33/ Washington Street
Left on Pilgrim Avenue
Right Tiogue Ave
(most def)
Left Arnold Rd.
Right New London Tpke
Past Phelps Pond
Left Division Rd
Right Carr's Pond Rd
thurs august 10
ride to wakefield (15 miles)
alternative food coop as meeting point: 357 Main St., Wakefield
go to narraganset beach
explore abandoned mall (unknown address)
DIRECTIONS TO WAKEFIELD FROM CARRS POND
Start out going south on Carr's Pond Rd
Left Bates Trail
Right Shippee Rd
Left/turns into South Rd
Right Narrow Lane
Right Old Baptist Rd
Left Ten Rod Road
Right/Turns into Boston Neck Rd/ 1A
Right Bridgetown Rd go 1.4 mi
Left at Tower Hill Rd. 3.8 miles
(driving directions say to take the ramp to Wakefield, right onto Old
Tower
Hill Rd, then continue on to Main Street... may be a strange
intersection)
Right onto Main Street (357 mian = coop)
fri aug 11 WAKEFIELD
puppet making 10-2pm
school address 101 High St. wakefield RI 02879
camping out at beth nixon's parents house OR beach campsite
Hera Gallery show 8-11
327 Main Street, Wakefield, RI
sat Aug. 12 WAKEFIELD
puppet making 10-3 pm
school address 101 High St. wakefield RI 02879
parade puppet party (w/ what cheer!) gathers at 6pm, marches at 7pm
done
by 8 or 9pm...
ALSO: car rides to/from neal and christina's wedding in providence
sun aug 13 beach /providence
probably ride towards providence (30 miles)
meeting point at 409 pine st.
take showers do laundry
DIRECTIONS FROM WAKEFIELD TO NARRAGANSETT COAST
Head North on Main Street (0.7)
Old Tower Hill Rd (0.5)
Left onto US-1N ramp to Providence, then continue on Tower Hill Rd
(3.7)
Right Bridgetown Rd. (1.4)
Left Boston Neck Rd
(Boston Neck Rd/ 1A continues north along the coast past Scarborough
State
Beach, through Narragansett, - where it is temporarily ocean rd - and
all the
way near Wickford RI/ Wilson Park/ Wickford Harbor )
At this point, there are two options:
*OPTION 1*
HEAD BACK to WASHINGTON SECONDARY BIKE PATH
This way takes "suitable roads" for biking, but may add on several
miles.
Left Ten Rod Road/102
Right onto Old Baptist Road
Left onto Devil's Foot Road/403/Davisville Rd
Left onto Frenchtown Road/402
Right onto South County Trail
Right onto Middle Road
Right onto Cedar Ave
GODDARD STATE PARK/ DOWNTOWN GREENWICH DETOUR
To the Park--
Cross Main Street,/Post Road 1
Turns into Ives Rd - Ives goes all around Goddard State Park
To get to downtown go back and take a right onto Main Street (coming
from
the park - will be North) - follow directions below to get to
providence
To Continue on to PROVIDENCE-
Take Left onto Main Street/ Post Road/1
Left Cowsett Road
Right Hardig Road
Left Toll Gate Road
pass Community College of RI and Bald Hill Rd
Right onto Washington Secondary Bike Path
END OF BIKE PATH TO 409 PINE
Somehow find a left to Niantic Avenue
Right Cranston Street
Left Ford Street
Right Messer Street
Right Westminster Street
Right Cahir Street
Left Stewart Street
Right at Pine Street (409)
*OPTION 2*
Route 1 to Providence- This will cut down the miles significantly, but
it is
not a road recommended for biking in most places. If you are a little
nuts,
you could get there this way.
There are several different places where you could get on/ off Route 1
- Around Wickford/ Wickford Harbor (on Boston Neck Road), take a right
onto
W Main street, then a right onto Post Rd/ 1 North. You can take this
all
the way to providence, or take a left onto Toll Gate Road in Apponaug
and
then a right onto the Washington Secondary Bike Path (then follow
directions
above)
mon aug 14 canton/new bedford
2 options =
ride to canton (35 miles)
blueberry picking at wards berry farm; stop at lake massapoag; swim in
town pool at night
OR
ride to new bedford, workshop with kids at fort taber, new bedford
tue august 15 boston
ride to boston (15 miles):
meeting point at ivanna's house: 54 franklin, alston (boston)
stop at blue hill, swimming at houghtons pond
zine library - 45 mount auburn st
city life/vida urbana: 3313 Washington Street, Jamaica Plain
Phone: 617.524.3541
show in burwick parking lot, 7pm
with what cheer! and extra action marching bands
near taber st, dudley square, roxbury ma
wed aug 16 boston
Outside The Lines 10am to 2pm
hanging out with artists
70 Colby St, Medford, MA
Dance Freedom 7:30 - 10:30 p.m.
barefoot hippy dance night every weds for past 40 years
First Congregational Church, Mason and Garden Streets,
Cambridge, MA (under the 'sheraton commander' sign)
or for people who don't like dancing:
Lucy Parsons Center Radical Film Night- 7pm
experimental shorts by underground women filmmakers
549 Columbus Avenue, Boston MA
Bikes Not Bombs Volunteer night 7-10pm
thu august 17 worcester/walden pond
ride from boston to worcester (about 50 miles)
stop at walden pond
sleep at collective a go go: 266 olean st, worcester, MA
check out block party
visit hbml: 420 pleasant st., between Park Ave and the Pickle Barrel.
show at collective agogo barn: 266 olean st, worcester, MA
sleep at collective agogo
sat aug 19 providence
ride from worcester to providence (40 miles)
stop at georgiaville lake
attend brendan ryan benefit show at redrum
Late Show at building 16 with eats tapes, DJ WTF/FTW
sunday aug 20 Providence
books thru bars packathon jam day
meeting point: dirt palace - 14 olneyville square
show: zane's place (behind dirt palace, troy st)
mon 21 cemetery street
cemetery street garden work party
show with some outta town bands
on cemetery st off of main st (near bonanza bus main terminal)
tuesday aug 22
north conway/easthampton
drive out to western mass
NORTH CONWAY natural roots work day/show: 888 Shelburne Falls Rd,
Conway,
MA
show: easthampton flywheel/mt tom
wed aug 23 nyc
drive from western mass to NYC
show: flux factory OR empty vessel OR antimart (not sure yet!)
thurs 24 BROOKLYN
workshop: the change you want to see84 havemeyer st, ground flr,
brooklyn
show: melissas backyard: 234 Huron, Apt#1, greenpoint, brooklyn
fri 25philly
sat 26 baltimore
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