Leader: Ron Altemus
Members: Gene Villiva, Dan Donahue, Susan Altemus, Fran Jezisek, Donaro Gardner
Route: St Mary's County Three Notch Trail starting at the Northern Senior Center in Charlotte Hall and riding south to John Baggett Park. After a rest stop (pictured above), retrace back past the start point to Deborah Lane (in Charles County). Retrace back to the start: approx 22 miles total.
Weather: a cool start with temps in the low 60s rising to just about 70 under cloudless blue skies and winds apparently out of the eastern quadrant as we seemed to have alternating headlines/tailwinds at various times in each direction
AMS: probably close to 11 mph
Mechanicals/Mishaps: none
Report: the Northern Senior Center has a weekly Wednesday 3NT offering and Dan Donahue thought we might try and do a joint ride with them. However, their scheduled called for a 9 am start and since most of us had a longer drive to get there, we opted to begin at 10 am. We encountered Dan and friend Tom near Baptist Church - they turned and rode to Baggett Park with us. The Senior Center ride had split into a long ride group (Dan and Tom) doing the full trail and a much shorter ride (~6 miles) which we never saw. On our return, the Amish market just off the 3NT at Thompson's Corner was open so we made a visit to purchase baked items and fresh vegetables. Of particular delight where huge eggplant for only $1 each.
No wildlife to mention other than kamikaze squirrels. We didn't encounter that many other riders nor walkers/joggers. A shame that more people weren't using the trail on such a beautiful day.
