,,,                 Other Rides and Notes
       
        1996 -- 2001
           For these years, I rode the Boston to NY AIDS Rides
           and Montreal to Portland Ride.
       
           My cousin Paul helped me raise funds and crewed
           these rides.  I will try and find some old pictures
           and attach them here.
       
        1998
            Below are pictures of a camping trip I took. Of the
            touring rides I have done before 2010, this is the only
            ride I have any pictures from.
       
            I went camping at a State Park my Family would camp at
            every year when I was a kid.  By Family, my parents
            and their brother's and sister's families.  I think
            all totaled there where about 50 of us (maybe more).
       
            So it was more like an invasion.  On this trip, I
            stayed at the camping spot near the main entrance,
            the park was rather full when I arrived.  But the
            next day it emptied out.
       
            I spent 5 days camping, a couple of days I would ride
            and explore the area.  Was a nice relaxing time.
       
            One funny thing happened on the way home.  I rode by a
            house with a young girl, her brother and their mother
            enjoying the nice weather in their front yard.  I guess
            the kids where around 8 to 10 years old.  The boy
            looked scared when he saw me ride by, but the girl
            yelled out to her mother "Wow, what a way to travel!".
            I got a chuckle out of that.  I wonder if she took up
            touring when she got older, I like to think so.
       
   IMG Picture of the loaded Bicycle
   IMG Picture my Camp
       
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