Leader: Ron Altemus
Members: Sherwood Byers, Sr., Joan Oppel, Walt Roscello, Janell Saunders, Steve Perakis, Linda Bankerd, Tom Short, Sue Gunter, Pat Walthers. Not pictured: Patricia Sanders, Rita Zeidner & Harold Datx
Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/41603248 31.4 mi, 1000' elevation gain. Chicamuxen, Bicknell and Pisgah Marbury to Poorhouse, Annapolis Woods and Fire Tower for a rest stop at Scott's Store. Next down MD-6 to Mill Swamp, up Blossom Point to MD-6, Burch and Poorhouse to a second rest stop at Pisgah Park. Final return on Bicknell, Chicamuxen, Hawthorne and Livingston Rd.
Weather: if Friday (1/26) hadn't set records for January high temperatures, we all would have been saying what great weather. Temp range of 55-58 (w/maybe a bit of 60 in the sun on Fire Tower), mostly sunny giving way to cloudy, and 7ish mph winds out of the northern quadrant.
AMS: ride leader swept at 11.9; others were much faster
Mechanicals/Mishaps: none
Report: a nice turnout as club members, with an eye on the forecast, realized this would be another good day for bicycling in Southern Maryland. From the onset, we splintered into any number of groups as all classes of riders were participating. One rider had time constraints so peeled off before Scott's; two others planned additional miles so weren't present for the group photo (above).
Traffic for the most part was light though for the sweep group, coming back on Hawthorne, we had a large number of vehicles pass us after the light had changed on Chicamuxen.
