First, I must apologize to Chantal. The first turn on the cue sheet was supposed to be a Right and not a Left.
I was joined by Chantal Briere, Robert Nunziata, John Choate, Diane Harris, Al Manley, Chuck Coe. Claire Chiamulera, Ken Meredith, and John Giglio on an a variation of a favorite club ride.
Instead of heading down to Marshall Hall, we just took Livingston done to hit part of the Tour de Accokeek route. Once we got to Marshall Hall Road, we headed to Indian Head Highway and headed towards the town of Indian Head via Chapman's Landing. From there we headed over to Pisgah via Smallwood Church Rd. The reststop was at the Pisgah Store for a rest stop.
After a needed rest stop, we headed down Poorhouse to Port Tobacco and Rose Hill. The funny thing about it was Rose Hill was not bad. The one on Hawthorne heading into La Plata felt worse. We met up at the Shell on 310 and Hawthorne for the last rest stop. There we ran into Dave Kemp and chatted for a bit before getting back on the road.
To get back we headed across 301 to Washington and up to St. Charles Parkway, down Billingsley, Middletown, 228, Beale Hill, Accokeek Rd, and Livingston back to the Accokeek Firehouse.
Now the interesting thing about this ride was the MS 150 was going on at the same time. We saw rides pass the Firehouse at the beginning of our ride, and on Beale Hill near the end of our ride. The funny thing was 2 riders from the MS 150 turned onto Accokeek Road and were caught on Livingston and redirected back to the route they were supposed to take. It is funny how not looking at a cue sheet and follow other riders.
The pace ended up being 18.3 mph for most riders, 17.6 mph for others.
The only issue was as stated initially. We stayed together for the ride.
