aimee's day out

Sunshine and a high of 40 degrees (F) has never felt so good.  I rode my bike to Boston to meet up with Marie and Will at the New England Aquarium.  Thank goodness for student vouchers - ticket prices are so exorbitant that you'd think it was Sea World.  (That is an exaggeration - I just googled it and a single day pass a Sea World is $70.)  We looked at all of the exhibits, but of course we were most excited for the adorable PENGUINS!

After the aquarium we headed back (I biked, they took the train) to Cambridge to have dinner at my favorite - The Friendly Toast!  Their menu is so big, and I tried something new this time - New Hampshire scramble: asparagus and goat cheese.  So good!  I swear, everything I try there is my favorite.

I checked on google maps, and my round trip bike ride was today was about 7.5 miles.  I guess the beginning of winter is a bad time to think about becoming a super sweet biker, but I'd really like to become a super sweet biker.  Nothing too intense, but ~40 mile day trips around New England would be nice.

One more note about winter cycling - Will sent me this article about using zip ties to make snow tires.  Unfortunately it won't work on my bike because I have rim brakes, but isn't it a great idea?  My brakes are mostly useless in the winter anyway because my bike has steel rims, but the zip tie isn't able to fit between the rim and the brake.  I'll just bike on sunny days like this, and spend the rest of the winter walking around town.