Ped Cemetery

Tuesday night, time to go exploring again with the Middlesex Running Club.  Up tonight was a pass through the gorgeous, scenic, and historic Lowell Cemetery, in betwixt the neighborhoods of Belvidere and South Lowell.  Dick Howe conducts fascinating historic tours through these environs on a fairly regular basis, and are worth checking out for the history buffs, the curious, and the learners among us.

After the obligatory group picture, we're off!  Lisa and Richard, apparently are off faster than the rest of us, as they got an early lead. 

The city campus silhouetted behind us, it's up East Merrimack Street for the first half mile 

Fort Hill awaits!  Someday, we'll make the trip to the top.  For now, we'll just be happy circling the base through the historic turrets 

Entering the Lowell Cemetery, with words of wisdom adorning the entrance.  Believe it.

English professors, ignore the verb tense.  Bonus points:  who's the author of this quote? 

Through the Belvidere gate, we wind our way through the central path.  The offshoot roadways host dozens of fascinating crypts and markers.  Seriously, worth checking out.

Coming out of the cemetery, Pramod makes his move, shocking the speedsters among us.  About 4 seconds later, Lisa and Richard regained their lead and never looked back. 

The Lawrence Street entranceway to the cemetery 

Running alongside the Concord River 

Home to hundreds of truck crashes at the low-hanging Gorham Street bridge, it's Welcome to Spaghettiville!

Which clearly, excites Donna more than others 

Marci and Mary-Jo inbound for the home stretch, the historic Boston and Maine railroad depot looms large.  Can't wait for the college to settle its academic arts programs in there in the coming years thanks to an $11 million funding appropriation in the Higher Education bond bill. 

The historic building, built in 1876, is empty now, but will eventually play host to MCC's theatre, music, and dance programs 

Off Prescott Street through the tunnel back to the city campus 

Always make sure to thank your public safety officers!  And in case you hadn't noticed the shirt, the Walking Dead returns in less than two weeks!  (Shameless plug) 

See everybody next week!