The City of Paul Revere and Baked Beans

aka Boston, the FINAL DESTINATION!

Worcester to Boston. BOSTON. BOSTON!

Dave and Austin presenting at Austin's high school in Shrewsbury. 

...for quite a large crowd!

I am SO HAPPY TO BE IN BOSTON!  There were several times when it felt like we would never get here, but around 4 PM yesterday, I drove in on I-90!  Okay, well my arrival was a little anticlimactic, but once I checked into the hotel that Dave’s parents generously reserved for us, I took off on my bike to go get pictures of Dave and Austin biking into Boston.  Their arrival was quite a bit more climactic.

A rainbow greeted us!

When I got back to the Westin on the Waterfront, I was pleasantly surprised to find that the hotel had upgraded our room to a two room suite with an incredible view of the skyline.  Apparently when Dave and Austin biked up to the hotel (I was at a bike shop getting my bike shipped back to California), Dave’s parents were there with champagne and made them ride around the hotel with glasses of champagne like they do through the streets of Paris in the Tour de France.  I wish I had been there to witness the moment.  The hotel employees that did witness it, however, decided that Dave and Austin are huge deals and deserve a two room suite.  I feel good about that decision.

JUST like that.

The view from our suite.

After I got back to the hotel, Dave and his parents, Austin and his family, and I met for dinner in the North End.  It was a wonderful way to celebrate the end of a 61-day journey.  

Today we went to Partners in Health, the organization that FACE AIDS works with, and talked to them about FACE AIDS, and about the ride.  It was so symbolic to begin from the FACE AIDS headquarters in Palo Alto and end at the Partners in Health Headquarters in Boston.  They both do such incredible work.

Austin, PIH correspondent, Julie (FACE AIDS executive director), and Dave.

I'm going home tomorrow, and couldn't be more excited.  This trip has been incredible, but California beckons.  When summoned by best state in the country, you have no choice but to answer.