August 2017 Road & Trail Conditions

[dbb]

Glass on (again!) on the MVT bridge just north of the turnoff for the CC Connector.

I helped another cyclist clean most of it up. She had already gotten much of it up when I arrived. Thank you.

Maybe if we could convince the USPP that this is as serious as young people selling bottles of cold water on the Mall, they would form an undercover task force and do stake outs. From tree stands maybe? A few surveillance cameras might work as well.

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[anomad]

@dbb 164159 wrote:

Glass on the MVT. First bridge north of the CC Connector. The Miller Highlife lowlife again, apparently. Called the USPP non-emergency number, 202-610-7505 and said that there was a part of the bottle large enough to get a fingerprint off. The officer at the desk seemed to be aware of the recurring problem. They said they would send somebody out.

I cleared a path on two of the bridges this morning and the third had a clean-ish path through the glass so I left it. Emailed the GWMP when I got in. They said the park police are aware but they aren’t exactly jumping up and down to accept my offers to provide information. I also suggested they leave some full sized brooms hidden around there so willing bikers could sweep up in the mornings, but they haven’t taken me up on that idea either. Halfway tempted to buy a full sized broom and chop the handle down and strap that to my bike and just start leaving 10 minutes earlier. It is going to get too dark to see the glass here pretty quickly in the mornings.

I’m no special agent, but I am guessing this isn’t the toughest case to crack in the history of law enforcement.

[annoyedindc]

I was surprised by a new large bump on a bridge across Accotink Creek on the CCT. Looks like a tree fell and was pushed under the bridge during the heavy rain. I guess as the waters rose it just started to buckle the surface upward. Hopefully the structure is still sound.

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[mstone]

@annoyedindc 164186 wrote:

I was surprised by a new large bump on a bridge across Accotink Creek on the CCT. Looks like a tree fell and was pushed under the bridge during the heavy rain. I guess as the waters rose it just started to buckle the surface upward. Hopefully the structure is still sound.

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Did you report to parkmail@fairfaxcounty.gov ? I’ve found they’re very good about responding, and that definitely looks like something that should get checked out.

[annoyedindc]

@mstone 164190 wrote:

Did you report to parkmail@fairfaxcounty.gov ? I’ve found they’re very good about responding, and that definitely looks like something that should get checked out.

Yep, just got a call from them as well confirming that they’re sending out a crew to investigate/repair.

[Harry Meatmotor]

@anomad 164180 wrote:

I’m no special agent, but I am guessing this isn’t the toughest case to crack in the history of law enforcement.

John Ashley wrote:

In 1972, a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn’t commit. These men promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire… the A-Team.

mebbe?

[Judd]

@Harry Meatmotor 164195 wrote:

mebbe?

We just need a sedative to put in Mr. T’s milk so that they can get him on an airplane to DC.

[dbb]

@Judd 164205 wrote:

We just need a sedative to put in Mr. T’s milk so that they can get him on an airplane to DC.

How about a few Miller Highlife beers?

[Judd]

@dbb 164207 wrote:

How about a few Miller Highlife beers?

Mr. T don’t drink and he loves his momma:

https://youtu.be/7_rBidCkJxo

[anomad]

If we split the early morning hours up into shifts we’d nab the guy in a few days. He obviously starts at the airport and goes North to Gravelly Point.

Where does smoky Bob start on his way south? How long has that guy been walking around out there? I think the torn paper and broken glass are the same guy.

I need some LEO contacts around here.

[AFHokie]

@anomad 164213 wrote:

If we split the early morning hours up into shifts we’d nab the guy in a few days. He obviously starts at the airport and goes North to Gravelly Point.

Where does smoky Bob start on his way south? How long has that guy been walking around out there? I think the torn paper and broken glass are the same guy.

I need some LEO contacts around here.

Smokey Bob begins his daily jaunt from someplace within DC. I pass him ~0600 am daily on the DC side of the 14th St bridge. Seriously, you could set your watch to where he is along the trail.

He is not the culprit; I’ve come through as early as 0515 and the glass is already there.

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[Harry Meatmotor]

@anomad 164213 wrote:

If we split the early morning hours up into shifts we’d nab the guy in a few days. He obviously starts at the airport and goes North to Gravelly Point.

Where does smoky Bob start on his way south? How long has that guy been walking around out there? I think the torn paper and broken glass are the same guy.

I need some LEO contacts around here.

Smoky Bob starts in DC. He’s usually crossing the 14th St. Br. around 6:15am.

Captain Einkaufswagen was heading northbound near the railroad overpass around 5:45am, but it was years ago when I saw him regularly.

[anomad]

That’s Herr Kapitän Einkaufswagen to you pal.

So we’d have to start patrolling about 4am I guess. Damn that’s early.

[AFHokie]

@anomad 164220 wrote:

That’s Herr Kapitän Einkaufswagen to you pal.

So we’d have to start patrolling about 4am I guess. Damn that’s early.

Probably earlier

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[semperiden]

Tiny/cheap spy cam to at least know what time they do it? Not sure if it is legal

[Judd]

I imagine that if you went out about two in the morning and poked into the cooler of one of guys that fish at night, you’d find some of the champagne of beers. (I seem to recall it was Miller High Life bottles).

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