Maryland Rail Trail/Mixed Use Trail Pointless Prize Contest

[Rod Smith]

January 1,
1) Levee Trail
2) Northwest Branch Trail
3) Anacostia Trail
4) Northeast Branch Trail
5) Trolley Trail
6) Paint Branch Trail
Indian Creek Trail
9) Washington Baltimore and Annapolis Trail
10) Gladys Noon Spellman Overpass

January 11,
11) Lake Artemesia Trail

January 20,
12) Little Paint Branch Trail
13) Capital Crescent Trail
14) Georgetown Branch Trail
15) Sligo Creek Trail

[eminva]

That’s excellent, Rod! But don’t feel constrained — you can supplement your entry as you add more trails throughout the remainder of the competition.

Liz

[Anonymous]

@eminva 76547 wrote:

although trail reviews are VERY welcome and may be rewarded.

(Yes, this is a self-serving competition. My love for rail trails is well known and I’m always looking for new ones to check out).

Liz

Clearly I will not be in the running for the prize (that’s a lot of trails, Rod!), so I’ll try my hand at trail review.

Indian Head Rail Trail: Charles County, MD; 13 miles Indian Head to White Plains; lots of nature, including a couple of (good? -or at least regularly used) fishing spots; flat, straight, wide, paved in excellent condition. Light to moderate pedestrian and bike traffic. Many park benches, a couple of nature overlooks, and a covered picnic table or two along the way. Port-o-potties (clean, but, you know, still port-o-potties) at regular intervals, real bathroom (possibly closed for the winter, though) at the White Plains end of the trail plus at Bennsville Park about ½ mile off the trail (with paved sidepath). A couple water fountains but I think they also might be off for winter. Well-maintained: fallen trees, branches and leaves are quickly cleared after storms, but it’s not treated or plowed after snow. Watch for kamikaze squirrels and do NOT trust cars to stop for you at road crossings. (Crosswalk, what’s that?)

[consularrider]

Rod,

Don’t forget the BWI Trail and the Gywnns Falls Trail from February 1.

[Rod Smith]

February 1,
16) BWI Trail
17) Gwynns Falls Trail

[eminva]

***Reminder***

Thanks to the big thaw, trails are clearing up and ready for action. Just a couple of more weeks to rack up those entries. Just post your entries here at the end of the competition. May the best (Maryland loving) team and individual win!

Liz

[ShawnoftheDread]

I was once having dinner in L.A. with a friend from British Columbia. She asked if I could name all 50 states. So I started rattling them off and when I got Maryland she stopped me.

“Wait, Maryland? There’s a state called Maryland?”

“Yes, of course.”

“Are you sure?”

I love Canadians.

[dkel]

@ShawnoftheDread 79278 wrote:

I was once having dinner in L.A. with a friend from British Columbia. She asked if I could name all 50 states.

If your friend is a female from Canada, would that make her a Canadienne?

[Steve O]

1) Capital Crescent

How’m I doing?

[Rod Smith]

Elite riders don’t ride MUPs.

[cvcalhoun]

Is it impolite to notice that you used the very same MUP?

@Rod Smith 79829 wrote:

Elite riders don’t ride MUPs.

[Rod Smith]

@cvcalhoun 79831 wrote:

Is it impolite to notice that you used the very same MUP?

No, not at all. And I did copy Karen’s Oxon Hill, Woodrow Wilson, Henson Creek ride with the sole purpose of beating your team in this challenge.

[Anonymous]

@Rod Smith 79836 wrote:

No, not at all. And I did copy Karen’s Oxon Hill, Woodrow Wilson, Henson Creek ride with the sole purpose of beating your team in this challenge.

Maybe I should have titled the ride something more sneaky, like “totally no trails in MD being ridden today, none at all”?

[Rod Smith]

I rode on these trails and my teammates rode on some of them too. TrishN and possibly other French team riders rode some of these and maybe other trails as well. If they let me know, I’ll edit the list.

Anacostia Trail (Karen, Mary)
Brock Bridge Trail
BWI Trail (Mary)
Capital Crescent Trail (Karen, Mary)
College Park Trolley Trail
Georgetown Branch Trail (Karen, Mary)
Gladys Noon Spellman Overpass
Greencastle Trail (Mary)
Grist Mill Trail (Mary)
Gwynns Falls Trail (Chris, Mary)
Henson Creek Trail (Mary)
ICC Trail (Mary)
Indian Creek Trail
Lake Artemesia Trail (Chris, Karen, Mary)
Levee Trail (Karen, Mary)
Little Falls Branch Stream Valley Park Trail
Little Paint Branch Trail (Mary)
Matthew Henson Trail
Northeast Branch Trail (Chris, Karen, Mary)
Northwest Branch Trail (Karen, Mary)
Oxon Hill Trail (Mary)
Paint Branch Trail (Chris, Mary)
River Road Trail (Mary)
Rock Creek Trail
Savage Mill Trail (Mary)
Sligo Creek Trail (Mary)
Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Trail
Woodrow Wilson Bridge Trail (Mary)

[Anonymous]

French team totally kicked our butt on this one. For the record, Sloppies rode…

1) Capital Crescent Trail-Carol, Laurie, Emma
2) Georgetown Branch Trail -Carol, Laurie, Emma
3) North Bethesda Trolley Trail -Carol
4) C&O Canal Trail -Carol, Jake
5) Rock Creek Trail -Carol
6) NE branch-Laurie
7) NW branch-Laurie
Paint Branch-Laurie, ChrisR
9) College Park Trolley Trail-Laurie, ChrisR
10) Sligo Creek-Laurie
11) Anacostia River Trail-Laurie
12) Levee trail- ChrisR
13) BWI trail- ChrisR
14) Gwynn Falls Trail- ChrisR
15) Woodrow Wilson Bridge Trail- Terp, me
16) Henson Creek Trail, me
17) Oxon Hill Farm Trail, me
18) Indian Head Rail Trail, me

… which really I don’t think is too bad, if you don’t look too closely at that post right above this one.

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