Anyone up for a ride on Sunday. So far it looks like the weather might cooperate.

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Might well be--gotta try and make some more progress on the boat, but that'll be tomorrow hopefully.

Thinking about doing a solid day of riding out North and West into the hills. It won't be like middle Virginia, I expect most roads to be paved.

Let me know how it goes. Meeting up with some friends of Audrey's up in Westminster. The guy rides a Buell.

More as plans firm up. (I am so looking forward to having the ride planner built. That'll make this all so much easier.)

And I need !#@%!#$@$# !# route tagging.

Duncan, what was that one little windy awesome wonderful road we found up near Westminster that went along that creek and ended up near that cement plant?

I'm in! No dirt roads though please, between the tires and suspension it's not very comfy (LOL...I'm gettin' old). Let me know where and when for a coordination point.

Josh - are you up for it? We could meet up down here and then head North together.

Excellent. Yea, roads up here are generally paved.

The plan, if it's ok with everyone, is to meet here at my house at 10:30:

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We may be meeting a couple on a Buell up in Westminster:

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From there i'd like to ride out to the Catoctin Mountains along 77, a ride we've done a few times before but which is really nice:

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No dirt roads on this one. There are some really twisty wicked little back roads that I've been on but haven't been able to find again.

I need to finish this site and app. A few more months of work ...

I'll plan to be at the lair at 10:30.

Excellent.

Duncan might be in on this ride. I haven't heard from Yun or Josh yet.

Would be awesome to see Duncan (no pressure LOL). Will ping Josh the old fashioned way to see if he's in.

I'm tentatively in. Let's see if my house blows away.

Josh, we could meet at the starbucks near the Springfield Mall at 9ish, have a coffe and head up. Looks like a quick rip up the BW Parkway to Yermo's Lair

I've been to Yermo's many times. We could go either way around the beltway or through dc to 295. I'll confirm with you this evening.

Is the NOVA contingent good for meeting at Starbucks at ~0900? That will give time for a coffee before heading towards Mordor...oops, meant Yermo's "Maryland" Lair.

Starbucks
6525-B Frontier Drive
Springfield, VA 22150

(accross from Springfield Mall)

So just for the heck of it I put Mordor in the destination in Google maps... 1

Is anyone REALLY surprised? lol

Laugh!

I have to finish grading papers and get ready for an early Monday flight out west.

Yermo, that StreetView image looks like a Sasquatch photo.

I will not make it. Have fun!

Would that road have been "Sam's Creek"? There were so many of them though...

Milner & Yun, sorry you guys can't make it. It should be a very good day for a ride.

I will definitely ride later today. Just won't make it out.

Very good ride today. Let's do that again soon. I really did try to stay off the unpaved roads this time, but you have to admit the loop was beautiful.

But for my rear flat, the gravel loop was fine

Awesome ride--needs a repeat ASAP.

I'm looking outside today and wishing I were riding ... but I'm continuing to spend my time working on the software backend for this site.

As soon as either I get the Beloved Blue Oil Burner's ignition problem sorted or you get a tire put on, let's go for an evening ride.