Hains Point Water Park :)

[Tim Kelley]

*That awkward moment when you realize the water is coming directly from the Potomac*

[KLizotte]

Anybody know where there are working, reasonably clean water fountains on Hain’s Pt?

[rcannon100]

Golf course. They have a little snack bar right at the entrance.

There are rest rooms on the westside. It is a round sort of tan building on the golf course side of the road. But, ick.

[Tim Kelley]

Street view: https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Hains+Point,+Washington,+DC&hl=en&ll=38.874563,-77.024889&spn=0.028031,0.038581&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=57.553742,79.013672&oq=hains+point,&hq=Hains+Point,+Washington,+DC&t=m&z=15&layer=c&cbll=38.874494,-77.024807&panoid=NcrlE2RL5MXmAIoSod_Lig&cbp=12,170.49,,0,22.42

[txgoonie]

There’s another one down before the point after the turn for the bus parking.

http://goo.gl/maps/8ZnJ

[KLizotte]

@Tim Kelley 25668 wrote:

Street view: https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Hains+Point,+Washington,+DC&hl=en&ll=38.874563,-77.024889&spn=0.028031,0.038581&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=57.553742,79.013672&oq=hains+point,&hq=Hains+Point,+Washington,+DC&t=m&z=15&layer=c&cbll=38.874494,-77.024807&panoid=NcrlE2RL5MXmAIoSod_Lig&cbp=12,170.49,,0,22.42

I’m flabbergasted I’ve never noticed that fountain even though I’ve ridden many a loop.

[KLizotte]

@txgoonie 25675 wrote:

There’s another one down before the point after the turn for the bus parking.

http://goo.gl/maps/8ZnJ

Evidently I am blind as well as uncoordinated.

[PotomacCyclist]

I’ve ridden through the park when the pipes were acting as water jets spraying across the road. Sometimes the jets are aimed a little low so that the water smacks into the side of your helmet. I guess you can avoid direct contact by moving into the other lane, but where’s the fun in that?

[rcannon100]

Sprinklers were on this morning. You can see the mego pumps pulling water out of the river. There is a sign at the beginning that says “Wet Road.” Um, its a little more than that. I had forgotten, and was none too pleased as my computer bag and my handlebar camera were getting sprayed. And there is that issue of getting sprayed with river water. Ick.

[PotomacCyclist]

It’s good training for the Nation’s Triathlon coming up in September. Gotta get used to that Potomac River mud.

[JacquesOfAllTrades]

I had a similar sprinkler experience heading across the Washington Monument grounds on yesterday’s morning commute — it was certainly a nice break from the 90-degree sun!

[DaveK]

@PotomacCyclist 25829 wrote:

Potomac River mud

Yeah… mud… that’s it…

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