BAFS National Cathedral group ride + private tour

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March 9, 2019 at 10:44 pm #1096600

ChristoB50
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Wow, what a great group of troopers y’all were, biking through the cold morning to get to our tour at the cathedral! Thank you all for making my ‘first time’ (organizing/leading a group ride) such a breeze! And thank you to the whole gang for picking up lunch; an unexpected treat! (The fact that the bill settled up with too much cash in the end, and you opted to buy LEGO’s for the cathedral’s fundraiser, is just terrific!)
I had a great time sharing the building with you — and pulling out some of my favorite “Wait! Just one more thing to show you!” features and spaces… Thanks for sticking around til the bitter end (4pm!)

Enjoying a well-earned beer/chips/sangria/tex-mex break at Cactus Cantina
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Master Builder at work on the LEGO replica of the cathedral (which will built entirely by the public)
(which will be 13 feet long, 8 feet tall and 7 feet wide, made of approximately 500,000 LEGO blocks when done. We added 30 to that effort today!)
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The die-hards, 70 feet above the floor of the cathedral, under the great West Rose Window at the end of the day.
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March 9, 2019 at 11:35 pm #1096603

komorebi
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Thanks for putting together an excellent ride and tour, Chris! Your passion and extensive knowledge really shone through. A++, would do again!

Learning about what might have stood at this location if Pierre L’Enfant had gotten his way:

Trying to imagine the time when everything west of Rock Creek Park was wilderness:

Woodrow Wilson’s tomb:

Inside the chapel of St. Joseph of Arimathea:

March 9, 2019 at 11:40 pm #1096604

ChristoB50
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Thanks so much, Josephine—and especially cuz you were a major contributor in the success of the ride by patiently sharing your knowledge of DC streets and options — none of which I’d ridden a bike on before your input — as I planned, then frequently revised my intended route!

March 9, 2019 at 11:44 pm #1096605

komorebi
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I’m fascinated by the Lego cathedral fundraiser. I can’t wait to go back later and see how much progress has been made.

A few action shots from our group donation:

Those of you who didn’t stick around for Chris’s “wait, just one more thing” tour really missed out. We got to see the 7th floor observation deck, wander through the attics, and go outside.

And we got to stand underneath the West rose window, which might have been my favorite part of the whole tour.

Thanks again, Chris!

March 10, 2019 at 4:53 am #1096608

Steve O
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I totally loved this ride and the tour. Thank you, Chris!!

I posted about 30 photos on my strava ride, which you may view here if you like: https://www.strava.com/activities/2202918144

March 10, 2019 at 12:25 pm #1096614

ChristoB50
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@Steve O 188453 wrote:

I totally loved this ride and the tour. Thank you, Chris!!
I posted about 30 photos on my strava ride, which you may view here if you like: https://www.strava.com/activities/2202918144

Glad to hear it; you’re welcome! Thanks for the pics link; you were busy with the camera! And with writing some poetry to go with…

March 30, 2019 at 10:37 pm #1097458

ChristoB50
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Hi folks… the warm weather has me thinking about organizing another group ride + private tour.
So I wanted to take an informal pulse of how much interest there is here for another ride. No date set yet but it would be a Spring Saturday perhaps late April to May, sometime…

Pic of the March 9th tour group seated in the Great Choir.
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March 31, 2019 at 2:29 pm #1097465

accordioneur
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@ChristoB50 189374 wrote:

Hi folks… the warm weather has me thinking about organizing another group ride + private tour.
So I wanted to take an informal pulse of how much interest there is here for another ride. No date set yet but it would be a Spring Saturday perhaps late April to May, sometime…

Yes, yes, yes! Was so sad to have missed the last one.

March 31, 2019 at 5:10 pm #1097469

Judd
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It was a great tour but I’m probably up for more of an annual cadence.

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March 31, 2019 at 10:44 pm #1097475

ChristoB50
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@Judd 189387 wrote:

It was a great tour but I’m probably up for more of an annual cadence.

No worries Judd; while certainly open to repeat attendees, I was thinking foremost about folks who may have wanted to do the ride and private cathedral tour ,but couldn’t make the March 9 date, for whatever reason…

April 1, 2019 at 1:29 am #1097484

Steve O
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I have more tolerance than Judd for another, since you said you would show other cool stuff.

April 1, 2019 at 1:47 am #1097485

LhasaCM
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I’m about 150% wanting to go on the next one (I’m still super bummed I missed the first one), but maybe only a 30% chance of being allowed with everything else on the schedule and testing the family’s patience with me and “another bike thing”…

April 1, 2019 at 1:56 am #1097486

Judd
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@Steve O 189406 wrote:

I have more tolerance than Judd for another, since you said you would show other cool stuff.

There’s the Indiana Jones room…

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April 2, 2019 at 1:43 am #1097492

dkel
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@Judd 189410 wrote:

There’s the Indiana Jones room…

Only “top men” are allowed in there. Who??? “Top. Men.”

April 2, 2019 at 1:17 pm #1097481

ChristoB50
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@Judd 189410 wrote:

There’s the Indiana Jones room…
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See, that’s just how the urban legends get started…!
Like, “Can you direct me to the Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs carving?” Or, “Where did the mason mix his wife’s ashes into the mortar?” Or, “I thought nothing in DC could be higher than the top of the {choose Capitol or Wash. Monument}”…
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