In honor of Dickie – Third Thursday Happy Hour: October 19

[consularrider]

You guys are just so mean, always doing things just as I leave! Why not a third Monday??

[Dickie]

YEA…. my first and last 3rd Thursday HH of 2017… happy and sad all at the same time. I’m flexible on location… anywhere between Rosslyn, Shirlington, Mosaic District and Vienna works well for me…that said, whatever is best for everyone else is fine with me.

[hozn]

Ooh, I want to try to make this one. Dickie, I haven’t seen you in forever; I miss you! (– and am sad you’re leaving)

[Kitty]

Are you moving to the West Coast too?! 😮

Anyhoo if its closer to the city (call it within 2 miles of Rosslyn) I can try to make it. Otherwise I’ll have to send my regrets. During the “school year” I have a meeting on Thursday nights at GW at 8.

[Sunyata]

Oh! I would definitely skip mountain biking for a Dickie send off! 😎

[baiskeli]

@hozn 166512 wrote:

Ooh, I want to try to make this one. Dickie, I haven’t seen you in forever; I miss you! (– and am sad you’re leaving)

Me too.

[Steve O]

May I suggest quarterdeck again? It worked well for vvill and bobco.
@Dickie 166497 wrote:

YEA…. my first and last 3rd Thursday HH of 2017… happy and sad all at the same time. I’m flexible on location… anywhere between Rosslyn, Shirlington, Mosaic District and Vienna works well for me…that said, whatever is best for everyone else is fine with me.

[Kitty]

If I can get out of work on time, I can be there!

[jrenaut]

I think I can make it – what’s the recommended route from DC (assuming Quarterdeck is the choice)?

[Kitty]

Depends on which way you’re coming from, but if you take Memorial Bridge in and continue on the trail on the trail that connects Arlington Cemetery and Iwo Jima, the Quarterdeck is just up the hill from the Memorial.

[jrenaut]

@Kitty 166618 wrote:

Depends on which way you’re coming from, but if you take Memorial Bridge in and continue on the trail on the trail that connects Arlington Cemetery and Iwo Jima, the Quarterdeck is just up the hill from the Memorial.

I don’t know that route and don’t see the trail on Google Maps. Is it obvious when you go over the bridge?

Google tells me to take M St then Fort Myer then Arlington Blvd back to Fort Myer.

[Kitty]

Ugh. I see that Google Maps continues to be dumb as hell when it comes to Memorial Bridge and bikes. The route it is showing you is non-existent.

Okay, basically after you cross the bridge, continue straight toward Arlington Cemetery. Pass the escalators to the Metro on your right (if you’re on the south side of the road on the sidewalk still, crossover so you’re going with traffic ). There will be a ramp to the right for cars, and alongside it (on the far side of the crosswalk) is a blacktop trail.

That trail goes along the Eastern wall of the cemetery (you go into satellite mode on Google Maps you can see it between 110 and the wall), looping around to the Netherlands Carillion or Iwo Jima. Alternatively the trail is bisected by Marshall Drive which you can take up to the gate of the fort before turning onto Meade St..

Anyhoo, it is a nice little trail that will get you to the Quarterdeck without having to deal with evening MVT traffic or the nonsense that is Rosslyn at that hour.

[bobco85]

For reference, I made a Strava route for what Kitty is describing: https://www.strava.com/routes/10910736

@Kitty 166620 wrote:

Ugh. I see that Google Maps continues to be dumb as hell when it comes to Memorial Bridge and bikes. The route it is showing you is non-existent.

Yet again, this specific trail (officially the Route 110 Trail) is another issue that I petitioned Google Maps to change back when they still had Google Mapmaker. They were undergoing a process of removing side path lines from their maps in favor of marking the parallel roads in solid green (which is annoyingly vague because bike lanes, protected bike lanes, sometimes sharrows, and parallel side paths all display the same way).

I told them that the Route 110 Trail is an officially recognized trail (according to Arlington County) and not a sidepath. I also told them that removing the trail from the map would confuse cyclists and pedestrians, but they insisted on marking it as a parallel side path, plus they would not change Jefferson Davis Highway to reflect this. My frustration comes from having done a lot of volunteer work on the Google Mapmaker site which allowed users to edit and submit changes (like marking roads having bike lanes, adding trails and especially connections not previously on the map, etc.), and now that the Mapmaker site is gone, it’s incredibly difficult to make changes.

[bobco85]

I should add, I cannot be there, but I will have a beer in your honor, Dickie!

[Judd]

@jrenaut 166619 wrote:

I don’t know that route and don’t see the trail on Google Maps. Is it obvious when you go over the bridge?

Google tells me to take M St then Fort Myer then Arlington Blvd back to Fort Myer.

https://www.strava.com/activities/1173550236

This was my ride for Bobco’s going away, except that I took the 14th St Bridge and rode up Mt. Vernon instead.

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