Bicycle Fun Club: C&O Overnight Bike Trip – June 1st
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It was so much fun last year that, we’re doing it again! I have reserved Lockhouse 25 on the C&O canal for Saturday, June 1st. I’m offering an open invite for anyone that wants to join. Lockhouse 25 is nicely furnished but it does not have electricity or plumbing. There is a portapotty outside that was well maintained last year and there is a water pump just down the canal (it’s well water treated with iodine). The lockhouse has 8 beds available but if we have more folks than that there is plenty of space for sleeping bags.
I plan to meetup at Dog Tag Bakery in Georgetown and bike from there. The ride is 30 miles from Dogtown Bakery to the Lockhouse and is at a chatty pace. If you’re not able to make it for the rollout it’s okay to meet us there. If you want to just come to hang out that evening (or bring everyone coffee on Sunday morning) that’s also okay. (The Cycling Classic Challenge is that morning which I know makes it tough for folks riding or volunteering.) We spent a lot of time last year sitting in the dining room exchanging stories and it was nice.
If you need help figuring out how to carry a sleeping back and other stuff on your bike, ask here.
Details:
Date: Saturday, June 1st
Gather Time: 11 a.m.
Gather Location: Dog Tag Bakery in Georgetown for coffee/lunch – http://dogtagbakery.wixsite.com/dogtagcatering
Rollout: NoonishI hope you’ll be able to join.
The thread from last year includes some pictures and discussion after the ride (hopefully no rain on the ride home this year).
http://bikearlingtonforum.com/showthread.php?13328-Bicycle-Fun-Club-Bike-Packing-on-the-C-amp-O-June-2-3&p=176860#post176860
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Inquiring minds (of those unable to attend) want to know — how’d the ride go? (Though perhaps nobody has cell signal out there…
Beautiful day for it — hope it was a great ride!
-CThere were Cheetos:
I only took a couple of pictures. I’m sure Josephine will have some photos up from her camera. A few other folks took pictures too.
Josephine tolling in to Dog Tag Bakery:
The first group arrives at the lock house:
Bikes at the lock house:
A great weekend overall. Weather was good. Conversation was great. I saw an owl. There were woodpeckers all around.
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Thanks for organizing the ride and booking the lockhouse, Judd! That was tons of fun. Some of my favorite parts included the turtles of all sizes sunning themselves on logs, the ducklings and goslings in the canal, Joanne doing the baby shark song, the freshly laid gravel between Lockhouse 25 and White’s Ferry, fxbooks bringing banh mi for everyone, Steve O’s brownies, Smitty2k1’s excellent work getting the campfire going, the fireflies lighting up the woods, hearing frogs and woodpeckers as I was falling asleep and waking up, Sunyata meeting us on the way back, and the feeling when I finally got home and stepped into the shower.
Some pictures — group shot on Sunday morning:
Campfire circle:
Living the lockhouse life:
reji, smb9600, and Judd rolling along the towpath:
More photos on Flickr.
@ChristoB50 191175 wrote:
I’d be curious to hear what folks packed (but didn’t need/use) and what wasn’t packed, but was needed/missed…
1) Packed – camp stove, didn’t need as many others also brought camp stove
2) Packed – food, drink, didn’t need as everyone else brought way more awesome food than me (ramen) and brought enough to share
3) Packed – tent, didn’t need as there were mostly enough beds, but I set it up anyways because dammit I dragged it all the way there
4) Packed – rain gear, didn’t need as it didn’t rain!
5) Packed – spare tube, didn’t need – NO FLATS
6) Packed – bluetooth speaker – plenty of those to go around
7) Didn’t pack – coffee, thank you Joann (Joanne?)
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