February 2018 Road and Trail Conditions

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February 5, 2018 at 4:11 pm #920210

Steve O
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@Greenbelt 174142 wrote:

Back on the commute!

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February 5, 2018 at 5:31 pm #1083559

bentbike33
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There was a sizable ice patch on the Custis east of the moguls at the intersection with the side trail up to 20th St. I saw what looked like a red bike light (still lit, but not blinking) that may have fallen off in a crash among the debris up against the wall on the I-66 (westbound) side of the trail. If you went down on that ice and are missing a light, you might want to look around for it there.

February 5, 2018 at 6:05 pm #1083561

bobco85
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@Greenbelt 174142 wrote:

Back on the commute!

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We all know that trees don’t come down on their own, so it must have been…

Judd Fitzgerald* Lumberjack, look what you did! Clean up your mess right now!

* totally made up middle name but sounds great when scolding someone by their full name

February 5, 2018 at 6:44 pm #1083566

Judd
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@bobco85 174163 wrote:

We all know that trees don’t come down on their own, so it must have been…

Judd Fitzgerald* Lumberjack, look what you did! Clean up your mess right now!

* totally made up middle name but sounds great when scolding someone by their full name

I finally got revenge on that bridge for taking me out on AFHokie’s ride to Annapolis.

February 7, 2018 at 12:32 pm #1083705

Kitty
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All clear this morning down from the IOD, along the MVT through Roosevelt. Trollheim looked like it had some slush on it at the intersection, but the Roosevelt bridge was just fine.

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February 20, 2018 at 2:35 pm #1084266

DrP
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Really? Seems too early in the season, but this morning a pair of geese were hanging out on the channel side of the Navy-Merchant Marine Memorial. One on the grass and one on the trail hissing at me as I rode by. I swear this gets earlier each year.

So, warning geese are in their protective mode. No goslings yet spotted.

February 21, 2018 at 2:10 pm #1084111

Tania
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What was going on at the WH today (8:45 am ish)? Lots of emergency response vehicle and extra surly police officers.

February 21, 2018 at 2:18 pm #1084313

Sunyata
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@Tania 174969 wrote:

What was going on at the WH today (8:45 am ish)? Lots of emergency response vehicle and extra surly police officers.

Response to a suspicious vehicle. Appears to be unfounded.

February 21, 2018 at 2:19 pm #1084314

LhasaCM
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@Tania 174969 wrote:

What was going on at the WH today (8:45 am ish)? Lots of emergency response vehicle and extra surly police officers.

According to the Secret Service Twitter feed – suspicious vehicle in the area (“near 17th street NW”) that resulted in the evacuation of the New Executive Office Building and various road closures.

February 21, 2018 at 2:21 pm #1084315

rcannon100
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Oh so that’s why the police gave him a traffic ticket last night……

February 28, 2018 at 12:51 pm #1084647

mstone
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@LhasaCM 174971 wrote:

According to the Secret Service Twitter feed – suspicious vehicle in the area (“near 17th street NW”) that resulted in the evacuation of the New Executive Office Building and various road closures.

They really should have just had the president leap into action in full action-movie glory.

February 28, 2018 at 2:59 pm #1084658

TwoWheelsDC
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Oh my god the Custis “detour” in Rosslyn is amazing! Can we just leave it the way it is permanently (restoring the path for peds, of course)?

February 28, 2018 at 4:23 pm #1084669

OneEighth
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twowheelsdc;175329 wrote:

oh my god the custis “detour” in rosslyn is amazing! Can we just leave it the way it is permanently (restoring the path for peds, of course)?

amen.

February 28, 2018 at 6:20 pm #1084671

dasgeh
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@TwoWheelsDC 175329 wrote:

Oh my god the Custis “detour” in Rosslyn is amazing! Can we just leave it the way it is permanently (restoring the path for peds, of course)?

YES! And extend it all the way to Cherrydale (where the third lane WB goes away).

PS. If you like this detour and think that the detour when they fix the undulations near McCoy Park (Mom’s), then now would be a good time to write des@arlingtonva.us and trails@arlingtonva.us to tell them.

March 1, 2018 at 1:50 pm #1084720

huskerdont
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Pic of the detour for folks that don’t go that way or haven’t yet. I really enjoyed it, both uphill and downhill. Mode separation (if pedestrians remained inside the sound wall and bikes were outside, where the detour is now) would be a great thing through here. The downside is the diesel exhaust that gets caught along the sound wall. I nearly choked yesterday going up after a dirty bus. And of course, that area up against the sound wall could get hot during the summer, but it’s summer, so Rule#9.

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