This was the best day of the weekend and 13 people joined me for this ride (Darin King, Blake Altman, Ken Meredith, Keith Blackmon, Cathy Wilson, John Kady, Claire Chiamulera, Nancy Avitabile, Richard Edelman, John Giglio, Danzie Seaward, John Clark, and Jack Gardner who rode to the ride start from home in Upper Marlboro!). The first split in the group occurred when Blake had a minor mechanical and the two of us were held back by a red light. We had to chase (or at least Blake chased, pulling me along) to catch up to part of the group. John C, Jack, Darin, Danzie, and John G were riding at a faster pace and we did not see them until the rest stop. After the rest stop Nancy, Richard, Cathy and John K cut the ride short to ~39 miles. Because there's no food and drink at the cue sheet rest stop we always take a break at the High's which cuts off about 2 miles from the ride. Blake and I made this distance up at the end by doing an alternate loop back to the parking lot which added ~ 3 miles. I thought this was a better way back to the start as we avoided having to make the left turn from Davidsonville Rd into the parking lot and crossing 4 lanes of traffic. Ride leader finished with an ams of 17.1
