July Riding

July is the best month of the year, at least for cycling. The Tour de France kicks off the month on the 2nd or 3rd and there's a holiday in the first week (Independence Day). Plus, July means summer - long days, warm weather, brilliant light in the late afternoons and evenings, cold beer, grilled meats.

Life assumes a certain rhythm in July that sets the month apart from the rest. It feels like vacation, even when you're not actually on vacation.

Sunday, July 10th for example - a long, leisurely morning with coffee and fruit and granola and yogurt and the immense spectacle of Stage 9 of the Tour de France, an epic day in the Pyrenees that, owing to the dramatic deluge of hail and rain at the mountain top finish, instantly became one of the great classic stages in Tour history. A pure rest day for Dubstoevsky.

If you've been in Woo City these last few weeks then you were lucky to experience some of the very best New England summer weather - billowy hot days with a pulsing blue sky, low humidity, and fresh, clean air. Unbeatable.

Scenes from the Road

The legendary Coney Island hot dog stand in Woo City
July 3, 2016

St. Spyridon Greek Orthodox church
July 4, 2016

Classic New England summer day
Holden Reservoir
July 4th, 2016

Maple Spring Pond, Holden
July 4, 2016

The eternally amazing Muschopauge Rd
July 4, 2016

Hawk in flight

Another impossibly beautiful scene on Muschopauge Rd
July 4, 2016

Seriously off the beaten path
River Rd, Holden
July 5, 2016

Bancroft Tower, Woo City
July 9, 2016