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Bourne Bridge over Cape Cod Canal |
We left Brewster on Cape Cod on Monday, knowing we were
scheduled to meet friends at Norwood High School at 5 PM Wednesday to celebrate
the completion of our journey. We
allowed three days to get from Brewster on Cape Cod to Norwood just in case the
weather did not cooperate. We retraced
the route we had taken a week earlier along the Cape Cod Canal, through Onset
Beach, and into Wareham. The next day
the forecast was for a 40% chance of rain.
We decided to ride anyway and experienced only light rain as we rode to
our hotel in Norwood. Our daughter
Cheryl drove up from New Haven Connecticut to meet us and drove us on a brief
tour of the town, including the new high school and the house where Hank grew up,
followed by dinner at a Conrad’s, a local restaurant in downtown Norwood.
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Onset Bay |
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15 Florence Ave Were Hank Grew Up |
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Carolyn and Hank at Norwood High School |
Wednesday morning we took the hotel shuttle into down
Norwood to do some shopping. Wednesday
afternoon we rode the tandem to the new high school to meet celebrate with
friends and take some pictures. The new
high school was built behind the site of the school Hank attended. Many of the architectural features of the old
high school were incorporated in the new high school. After taking a number of pictures, Skip, who
organized the reunion and to whom we had shipped the bike boxes and our
suitcases, brought the luggage to our hotel while we rode the tandem back from
the high school. After unloading the
luggage and a quick change, we joined friends at the Old Colonial Café,
formerly the town fire station, for a celebratory dinner.
Thursday we picked up a car at the Norwood Airport and began
disassembling the bike and packing it the two “airline friendly” cases. Friday night we joined about 25 classmates
and spouses at the Forum Restaurant and Bar in downtown Boston. The second of the two Boston Marathon bombing
occurred directly in front of the Forum, which was the last of the businesses
damaged by the bombings to reopen. Later
that evening as we waited for the car, it was eerie standing in front of Forum,
looking at the mailbox and security camera across the street and remembering
the horror that had occurred there five months earlier.
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New Norwood High School |
Saturday morning we took a tour of the new high school. The building, which is now three years old,
was just gorgeous, much nicer than any we have seen in California. The principal who lead the tour was extremely
proud of the school and his teachers and students. It is easy to understand why Massachusetts’s
high school students score better on standardized tests than those from any
other state.
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Tour of New Cafeteria |
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Tour of TV Station at Norwood High School |
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Tour of New Library |
Saturday night we attended the reunion with about 125
classmates and their spouses. It was fun
to see many classmates I barely remember as well as those with whom I had many
classes. Sunday morning we attended a reunion
brunch with about thirty classmates and spouses.
Post note:
We worked with Jean Lang at the Boston Globe on a story
about our adventure, which appeared in the Boston Globe Southern Edition on
Thursday, September 19. The attached
link is to the electronic version of that article.
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