Leader: Steve Palincsar
Members: Catherine Ade, Sarah Clement, Harry Kidd, Joan Oppel
Guests: none
Report: The route was https://ridewithgps.com/routes/50645476 with a few changes. We'd hoped for a portolet stop at the peach orchard at mile 14, but those portolets are seasonal and they weren't in place yet, so we detoured off the route in Poolesville, visiting the Tractor Supply that used to be the new old supermarket, Selby's, I think it used to be called, in the shopping center on Wooton Ave.
Joan couldn't stay for lunch at Local's so she suggested doing the Westerly-Edwards Ferry-West Offutt loop before lunch rather than after. When she left us, Harry went with her, and Catherine, Sarah and I went to Locals for lunch.
And what a wonderful lunch it was! Local's was a last-minute substitution for the K2 Cafe, which is no longer open on Sundays, but it deserves to be the main attraction. We stayed and enjoyed ourselves long after having finished eating, and only reluctantly tore ourselves away.
It very much felt as though we'd had a nice scenic, hilly Ag Reserve ride, followed by a delightful lunch, after which we took another ride that happened to bring us back to our cars at Rileys Lock. In all, a fabulous way to spend a beautiful May day.
Weather: Sunny, temps in the low 70s at the start rising to the low 80s by mid-afternoon.
AMS: 12.0
Mechanicals/Mishaps: none
