Grew up in Reston during the '70s and '80s, my 7th/8th grade riding buddy, relentlessly toured the W&OD on our mid-80s racing bikes. A fond memory was the trailside sign at Ashburn Station that stated the town population of 2500! Might have to add a few zeros to that number now.
Scott On Friday, November 17, 2023 at 9:56:05 AM UTC-5 Rusty Click wrote: > Nick, Great ride report and pictures! Its been awhile since I've been on > any of those segments...and now I want to plan a return trip! > > On Thursday, November 16, 2023 at 3:32:14 PM UTC-5 thetaper...@gmail.com > wrote: > >> A good friend and I managed around 105 miles last weekend. It was our >> (the Atlantis and my) first century. >> >> We made a long loop here in the D.C. area. >> >> First out to Leesburg on the W&OD trail. It took a while for the sun to >> peek out from behind the autumn clouds, but when it did, all the frost >> started sublimating, making it look as though we were riding through clouds: >> >> [image: 20231111_091735.jpeg] >> [image: 20231111_093939.jpeg] >> [image: 20231111_095837.jpeg] >> >> >> Then wound our way northward to the Point Of Rocks bridge via rural roads >> in Loudoun County, both paved and gravel of various types: >> >> [image: 20231111_115654.jpeg] >> [image: 20231111_115813.jpeg] >> >> And headed back to Georgetown on the C&O Canal towpath. Then on home >> after dark via the Mount Vernon trail and southern end of the W&OD. >> >> [image: 20231111_140349.jpeg] >> >> We happened upon a giant old snapper sunning next to the towpath that had >> an ecosystem living on its back: >> >> [image: 20231111_135651.jpeg] >> >> Around mile 65, we stopped for a break at one of the boat ramps near a >> lock house, with a lovely view of the Potomac: >> >> [image: 20231111_145241.jpeg] >> >> All in all, it was a specacular though difficult (and, at times, cold >> and/or dark) ride. No real mechanical issues aside from a dropped chain >> here and there, for which we were both grateful. I feel that my Atlantis >> was truly in its element, traversing nearly every type of passable terrain >> with aplomb. I can't imagine having ridden anything else. >> >> [image: 20231111_143422.jpeg] >> >> Nick A. >> Falls Church VA >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/41d58dae-8830-4a1a-84f2-bd45bc9bf24bn%40googlegroups.com.
