Ride Leader: Steve Palincsar
It was one of those "It'd be a beautiful day if the clouds lifted and the sun came out and it warmed up a bit," and on the drive down there were a few hints of blue sky and bright sun but between 10:00 am and 1:30 pm it was high clouds, gray skies and temperatures between 46 and 50 degrees, with a noticeable wind. Not exactly the makings of a great day, but as it turned out, with the right clothes and a good group you can still have a great time on a bike ride.
Among the happy few today were Larry Peed, Jim Hudnall, Darryl Lowery, Ken Meredith, Joan Oppel, Tom Short, Sam Perry and Mike Bivens. The route went up Pomfret and down Rose Hill to Port Tobacco, then Chapel Point Rd to St. Ignatius (where Darryl retraced to cut the ride short) and 301, Fairground to Old Stagecoach and Laurel Grove, and Valley/Hawthorne/Bumpy Oak to the IHRT where Sam kept going on Bumpy Oak and the rest of us took a break. After the break we took the IHRT to Hawthorne, then returned on the Indian Head Highway shoulder.
36 miles, AMS at the caboose of 13.8 and 1370' of climbing. And, of course, no hills.
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