Day 94: October 7, 2024 - Alexandria, VA, to Westminster, MD
End: Westminster, MD
Miles: 76.2
Feet climbing per mile: 71
Record of the day's ride: https://ridewithgps.com/trips/228446755
The first few miles of the day’s ride included roads with traffic and no shoulder, but I was soon on bike paths that took me through Arlington, Washington, and beyond. Many of the paths were well paved, but unfortunately some were not. After getting off the paths I realized that one of the irregularities I hit had put a flat spot on my front rim. Fortunately the braking with the front wheel is still smooth, but after I get home I will need to replace the rim.
Instead of riding the path below I found a detour on paved paths and streets.
Eventually I was out of suburbia.
I thought the trees below were especially beautiful. What sort of trees are they?
I’ve been wanting to make this video for a long time. Unfortunately I forgot to include the initial “O yes”.
With that scrotum of testicles the big one is clearly a bull.
Near the end of the day I was on highway 27 for seventeen and one half miles. Because of the heavy traffic, I was glad to be able to ride the generous smooth shoulder, but it had a design I had never seen before. Whenever there was an option for a left turn, the shoulder would disappear in order to create a lane in which the traffic could continue without being hampered by vehicles turning left. This was clever, but it posed a challenge for me. Too bad no provision had been made for at least a narrow shoulder to the right of the extra lane.
When I entered my room at the Best Western the picture below was on the TV screen.
I had dinner at Baugher’s.
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