Anyone up for a Virginia ride on Sunday? Open to suggestions.

Josh, who lives down near you, was mentioning a ride in the Grand Prix thread.

I could be talked in riding down. Maybe we could do the 211 ride we were talking about the other weekend?

Josh, Yun, how does that sound?

It's route 218. Yeah, possible. Let me see what happens at the house tonight.

I was thinking here:

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But of course the weather forecast is now starting to look worse for Sunday ...

Ah, out west. It's plausible. Yeah, there is some possibility of rain in the forecast.

Edit: Rain forecast falling (down to10%) but the temp is climbing (up to 91 degrees).

I've never been to Harpers Ferry. Anything interesting to see there or on the way?

Lot's of good roads out that way.

Harpers Ferry is great if you are a history buff. Antietam is nearby also. Just depends on what you want to do. You can certainly ride all day out that way or stop and see some stuff.

Feh, the rain is coming...now 60% for tomorrow.

As Milner said in a text, this is getting old.

I was thinking of heading out for a while tomorrow (Sunday) or Monday. May just head out rain or shine. Especially with how warm it is I'm not sure I care all that much about the rain, could definitely use some deload time though.

I think a ride would do me some good as well. It'll be cool enough to wear the transit suit so I won't mind the rain.

I'll shoot to leave here at 10AM and head to the Manassas area. Josh, you in?

Milner is a new rider and lives down near you guys. He's new so it'd be a beginner pace ride.

You guys want to meet up somewhere around, say, 11:15?

I propose the Starbucks in Manassas on Sudley Manor Drive at Rt. 234, just south of the I-66 interchange. The actual address is 8329 Sudley Manor Drive, but it doesn't come up in the right spot in Google Maps. If you plug in Manassas, VA, and then Starbucks, you'll see it. Also, it should be "B" on this map:



This should be a good meet-up location for heading to points west, northwest, or southwest.

This one?

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That's the one.

Cool. I'll plan on seeing you there at 11:15.

Rob, Josh, Yun anyone else interested in wet ride tomorrow?

Ok I'm in.

Im in as well. See you there/then.

Heading out. See you guys soon.

It was just a little dirt ...

Did you guys let Yermo talk you into unpaved back roads? Were there any creek crossings? He likes those!

No river crossings but I did spend an hour and a half washing the six pounds of dirt off my bike!

Come to think of it, among other things, Yermo has gs envy. He is apparently deluded enough to think he can turn a flying coal powered brick into a trail monster. And worse, he thinks we can do it too!

Oh and my apologies for being late yesterday. I totally misjudged how long it would take to get to the meet-up point.

No worries.

Josh,
We did think it was funny that the person on the most dedicated touring rig, with the most complete electronics package, was the one who got "misplaced" :-). The FJ seemed to take the whole day in stride though, even the dirty. It reminded me of a great quote my grandfather used ot say about just such a thing: "She didn't sweat much for a big girl" LOL.