Archive for category: Travel

The 2010 Pan Massachusetts Challenge

15 August, 2010 (22:44) | Rick Tangard, Rides, Travel | By: ricktangard

On August 7 and 8, 2010 I rode in the 31st annual Pan Massachusetts Challenge.  This was my twelfth year of participation in the 192-mile bicycle tour from Sturbridge to Provincetown.  Donations from sponsors benefit the Jimmy Fund and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.  In 2010 more than 5,000 cyclists participated, working toward the goal of raising [...]

Italy

10 June, 2009 (20:43) | Rick Tangard, Travel | By: ricktangard

Half my DNA is from Italy , but May 22 was the first time I set foot in that country.   Menaggio receded behind us as the ferry crossed Lake Como on the way to Bellagio.  Seven of us stood on the forward deck, gawking at the snow-capped Italian and Swiss Alps, framed against the [...]