Bicycle Fun Club: Christmas Lights Edition

[Judd]

I’m organizing some open invitation bike rides in the month of December all involving looking at Christmas lights.

Alexandria Holiday Boat Parade – Saturday, December 3rd. The boat parade starts at 5:30 on the waterfront at the Torpedo Factory. I’ll depart from the Crystal City Waterpark at 4:30 if anyone wants to convoy there. Drinks and nom noms at Blackwall Hitch after the parade unless it’s too busy and an audible is needed. Those not convoying, look for the tall bearded white guy in bike gear.

More info: http://www.visitalexandriava.com/event/17th-annual-alexandria-holiday-boat-parade-of-lights/10025/

Zoo Lights – Sunday, December 11th

Assemble at the Washington Monument at 4:30. We will take 15th Street nearly the whole way to the zoo. Casual, city bike lane riding pace with no drops. We’ll lock up at the zoo and enjoy the lights so make sure your cycling shoes are comfy for walking. Potential stop on the way back at the National Tree at the White House.

Holiday Light Bike Parade – Saturday, December 17th

We’ll latch on to the Alexandria BPAC and Alexandria Spokeswomen event to see the lights of Del Ray. This is a nice easy spin around Del Ray in Alexandria at a very leisurely pace. Meet at St. Elmo’s Coffee Pub at 2300 Mt. Vernon Ave in Alexandria at 5:45 p.m. I’ll probably show a bit earlier because I love St. Elmo’s coffee. Bonus points will be assigned if you decorate your bike or wear a Christmas costume. I’m still deciding on the costume.

More info:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1826665664285118/?active_tab=about

Additional rides to come. Hope to see you there!

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[Judd]

Bobco – I’m in for a Georgetown Glow ride on Friday. It was on the candidate list for the rides I organized. With Christmas and New Year’s falling on the weekends this year I didn’t think there would be enough people around to attend.

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[bobco85]

@Judd 150882 wrote:

Bobco – I’m in for a Georgetown Glow ride on Friday. It was on the candidate list for the rides I organized. With Christmas and New Year’s falling on the weekends this year I didn’t think there would be enough people around to attend.

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Cool, let’s do this!

Official Ride Details:

• Name: Georgetown Glow Ride
• Date: Friday, December 30, 2016
• Time: 6 PM
• Meeting Place: Washington Monument (Capitol-side a.k.a. eastern side)
• Route: https://www.strava.com/routes/7255363
• Ride Length: 5.8 miles
• Ride Pace: Casual with multiple stops for photos/video
• More information on Georgetown Glow DC (includes map of all installation locations): http://www.georgetownglowdc.com/

We’ll start at the Washington Monument since it’s been an established good location (Midnight Saddles & Bicycle Fun Club rides among others). We will use 15th St NW and R St NW to get into Georgetown and see all the installations. I purposefully selected the route so that we would see all the installations with low discomfort and end at the Prismatica installation which is my personal favorite of the light installations and happens to be in Georgetown Waterfront Park which is an easy location to get home from.

[bobco85]

Bumping this thread for the ride this evening. I’m still in, but I want to get an idea of who else will be coming.

See you guys this evening!

[Judd]

I’ll see you tonight.

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[Steve O]

@bobco85 151040 wrote:

Bumping this thread for the ride this evening. I’m still in, but I want to get an idea of who else will be coming.

See you guys this evening!

I added it to the FS Official-ish Calendar.

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