2014 May Trail Conditions

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  • May 7, 2014 at 2:53 pm #1000520
    vern
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    Is it just me, or are the cracks in the W&OD between Little Falls and Washington expanding in size by the day?

    May 13, 2014 at 9:09 pm #1001107
    lauraemills
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    The hotter and more humid it gets, the more wackos I encounter……….

    Was biking this morning on the part of the Rock Creek Trail that goes by the Zoo and I came upon a woman just calmly sitting right on the trail with headphones on.

    She said “Hi” to me and I said “Not a good idea to be sitting on the trail”……….

    Maybe the heat and humidity just addles their brains or something…………..

    May 14, 2014 at 5:14 pm #1001203
    dasgeh
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    Three large warning signs were blocking the east bound lane of the Custis this morning. I’ve written an email to trails — anyone else to cover?

    May 14, 2014 at 6:19 pm #1001210
    chris_s
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    @dasgeh 85300 wrote:

    Three large warning signs were blocking the east bound lane of the Custis this morning. I’ve written an email to trails — anyone else to cover?

    What were they warning about?

    May 14, 2014 at 6:26 pm #1001213
    dasgeh
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    @chris_s 85307 wrote:

    What were they warning about?

    Construction on Oak St.

    May 14, 2014 at 6:29 pm #1001216
    chris_s
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    @dasgeh 85310 wrote:

    Construction on Oak St.

    Then I’d include des@arlingtonva.us since they get to tell the road construction people what to do.

    May 15, 2014 at 10:18 pm #1001361
    consularrider
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    The flooding has started. Four Mile Run rose very fast between van Buren St and Wilson Blvd. The Madison Manor crossing is flooded as is the Wilson underpass. That happened in less than 20 minutes and there had been very little rain along that stretch of the W&OD, it’s coming from further west. The NWS shows no rain so far at National Airport, but Dulles had eight-tenths of an inch in about and hour by 6 pm. Heed the flash flood warnings!

    May 16, 2014 at 1:30 pm #1001438
    consularrider
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    What fun this morning! By 5:30 the Wilson underpass on the W&OD was about three feet deep. Then heading over to Crystal City from Ballston around 7:45, the W Glebe and Mt Vernon Ave underpasses were flooded about six inches deep. On the MVT just north of the Memorial Bridge underpass the Potomac had come over its banks and a 30 foot section of the trails was flooded about four inches deep.

    May 16, 2014 at 1:41 pm #1001448
    cvcalhoun
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    There was water running first across and then beside the CCT, near the sewage plant. I tried not to think too much about whether it was just water, or …

    May 16, 2014 at 1:44 pm #1001451
    mstone
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    the stream valley trail system in fairfax is a non-starter. hopefully people weren’t planning btwd rides on it. the stretches of a couple of trails I saw from bridges were feet under fast-moving water.

    May 16, 2014 at 1:57 pm #1001458
    kcb203
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    The perpetually clogged drain on the Custis just east of Spout Run was clear this morning and no puddle, but just a bit further east–right before the sharp left at Lee Highway–there’s a down tree blocking the trail.

    May 16, 2014 at 1:58 pm #1001460
    vvill
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    Custis – tree down at the end of the rollers near the bridge over 29 (near where there’s a trail split)
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    May 16, 2014 at 3:30 pm #1001504
    dasgeh
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    Hmmmm, that tree wasn’t there at 8:59am…

    @kcb203 85567 wrote:

    The perpetually clogged drain on the Custis just east of Spout Run was clear this morning and no puddle, but just a bit further east–right before the sharp left at Lee Highway–there’s a down tree blocking the trail.

    May 16, 2014 at 3:43 pm #1001507
    Steve
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    @dasgeh 85614 wrote:

    Hmmmm, that tree wasn’t there at 8:59am…

    Sounds like a helmet commercial in the making…

    May 16, 2014 at 3:54 pm #1001508
    mstone
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    @Steve 85617 wrote:

    Sounds like a helmet commercial in the making…

    you didn’t read the fine print? helmets aren’t designed to protect against that sort of injury.

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