The Plan: http://ridewithgps.com/routes/904146 A ride with "over 1700 feet of descent" was Tom Allen's billing - and he was right. We climbed to many high points in Lexington and the surrounds. I got to chat with Karen from England again. She's becoming a regular WW - hope she doesn't get employed. We had several Lexingtonites to help fill in gaps in the stories - Bill W, Jack M, (and other raconteurs of culture Selig and Dick H) A great ride. Also billed as an architectural tour of Lexington - and it was that too. Near the end (8 Bird Hill Lane) was a house constructed of 600,000 lbs of material used for framing, etc. during the Big Dig, but then discarded after the project was complete. Lovely house. Nearby (well if you ignore the up and down streets to get there), on Six Moon Hill were a small colony of "modern architecture" 1950's houses, built by architects who were friends of Walter Gropius. The hill is named Six Moon because there was a barn there originally that contained 6 cars built by the Moon company. Back in the day (1900's) many towns had their own car companies. Moon was one in Lexington. See http://historicsurvey.lexingtonma.gov/lexareas/area-r.htm for Six Moon Hill houses and the Big Dig house See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Moon_Hill.