Monday, January 14: snow shoveling on the Mount Vernon Trail

[komorebi]

In case you missed the milk-and-toilet-paper rush at the grocery store, there’s a snowstorm predicted for this weekend. You too can be like the cool and helpful people in the first photo below, and help clear snow off the Mount Vernon Trail.

The details: the Friends of the Mount Vernon Trail are planning to shovel snow off the trail on Monday afternoon, January 14. We’ll start at the LBJ Grove and (time permitting) work southward to hit the usual trouble spots — the Humpback Bridge, the area by the ramp up to the 14th Street Bridge, and the underpasses south of the 14th Street Bridge. Please show up any time during between 2:00 and 6:00 p.m. and stay for however long you can. We’ll provide snow shovels, although feel free to bring your own tools. Also, we’re keeping an eye on the forecast and will post an update no later than 5:00 p.m. on Saturday if plans change.

Hope to see you there!

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[komorebi]

Quick update: I still plan to shovel on Monday afternoon — and if this forecast holds, I’m going to need all the help I can get. The only change is that I’m now planning to be there starting at 1:00 p.m. Please feel free to stop by any time between then and 6:00 p.m., even if it’s just for a few minutes. Thanks, and hope to see you there.

[Judd]

Everybody should up for this at least to say hello. Play your cards ride and Komorebi might let you use the Friends of Mount Vernon Trail’s brand new 36″ Snow Plow: The Snow Pusher, a tool which will OBLITERATE SNOW.

[Judd]

Don’t forget. This is a double point event for the Queen of the Trail and King of the Trail prize.

Full details on the prize are here:
http://bikearlingtonforum.com/showthread.php?14099-Pointless-Prize-KOT-and-QOT&p=185227#post185227

[ChristoB50]

Please, please, please let the snow for Sunday (ideally, in the further surrounding areas of DC) be significant enough to trigger a Federal snow closure Monday morning (if that is that even possible during a partial shutdown?? — a Federal snow closure Monday is the only way I’ll have the day off, to come help out any time during the hours you listed!

[ChristoB50]

Snow day wishes granted! I will endeavor to be at LBJ at 1pm… will you be starting out in the marina parking lot, or some central departure point, or should I just walk under the parkway bridge and look for shovellers?

[Judd]

It looks like I’ll probably be able to get there around 1. Due to a not great software deployment I have tomorrow off in exchange for staying up until 4 a.m.

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[komorebi]

@Christob50 185727 wrote:

Snow day wishes granted! I will endeavor to be at LBJ at 1pm… will you be starting out in the marina parking lot, or some central departure point, or should I just walk under the parkway bridge and look for shovellers?

Awesome, thanks! Look for yellow shovels and bright purple signs saying Friends of the Mount Vernon Trail. My plan is to start at the wooden bridge connecting the Pentagon and the LBJ Grove, then move east and south toward the MVT. Our exact location will depend on what (if anything) NPS is able to clear before 1:00 p.m. NPS announced last week that they’d be clearing sidewalks in the D.C. area despite the government shutdown, but I don’t know whether that includes the trails on the LBJ Grove –> Navy-Merchant Marine Memorial –> Humpback Bridge route. If it doesn’t, then we’ll try to clear that section first. If it does, then we’ll move south and tackle the area near and under the 14th Street Bridge.

[Judd]

Here’s what the purple Friends of the Mount Vernon Trail signs look like:

I’m looking forward to seeing folks out there. Don’t forget that if you’re competing for King or Queen of the Trail points today’s snow removal is worth double points.

[drevil]

I read your text too fast and was sad when I didn’t see this.

@Judd 185740 wrote:

Here’s what the purple Friends of the Mount Vernon Trail signs look like:

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[josh]

@Judd 185618 wrote:

Everybody should up for this at least to say hello. Play your cards ride and Komorebi might let you use the Friends of Mount Vernon Trail’s brand new 36″ Snow Plow: The Snow Pusher, a tool which will OBLITERATE SNOW.

Does the snow pusher just mount to drevil’s ski-bike? He just needs to ride down the MVT and plow it, and any remaining snow will be melted by the heat emanating from his rear wheel and supercharged drivetrain.

[KWL]

@komorebi 185730 wrote:

Awesome, thanks! Look for yellow shovels and bright purple signs saying Friends of the Mount Vernon Trail. My plan is to start at the wooden bridge connecting the Pentagon and the LBJ Grove, then move east and south toward the MVT. Our exact location will depend on what (if anything) NPS is able to clear before 1:00 p.m. NPS announced last week that they’d be clearing sidewalks in the D.C. area despite the government shutdown, but I don’t know whether that includes the trails on the LBJ Grove –> Navy-Merchant Marine Memorial –> Humpback Bridge route. If it doesn’t, then we’ll try to clear that section first. If it does, then we’ll move south and tackle the area near and under the 14th Street Bridge.

I did see the trail in the Grove had been prepped with pickle juice. That should make our shoveling there easier.

[Judd]

@drevil 185748 wrote:

I read your text too fast and was sad when I didn’t see this.

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That’s going to be our mascot.

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[KWL]

It was good to meet you Coppertop222.

[ChristoB50]

Nice to meet you all for shoveling today! And many thanks for the kind supply of water from at least 2 folks… dunno how I forgot to bring some!
Beautiful day for working in the sun, and boy, we did a damned good job, in my view! I think I should have probably stopped an hour sooner, and can’t imagine how sore I’ll likely be tomorrow… it was quite a workout, and no amount of miles biked in 2018 probably prepared me for that! (Who said something about all the cyclists and their noodle arms not equipped for shoveling? Hehehe!)
Now… not being in Frozen Saddles this year, do I get to “donate” any pointless prize points I may have earned today to a lucky fellow shoveler??

[KWL]

@Christob50 185786 wrote:

Nice to meet you all for shoveling today! And many thanks for the kind supply of water from at least 2 folks… dunno how I forgot to bring some!
Beautiful day for working in the sun, and boy, we did a damned good job, in my view! I think I should have probably stopped an hour sooner, and can’t imagine how sore I’ll likely be tomorrow… it was quite a workout, and no amount of miles biked in 2018 probably prepared me for that! (Who said something about all the cyclists and their noodle arms not equipped for shoveling? Hehehe!)
Now… not being in Frozen Saddles this year, do I get to “donate” any pointless prize points I may have earned today to a lucky fellow shoveler??

Good to meet you too and yeah. I think a bath and bourbon are in order tonight. Hope I can get up tomorrow for Crystal City Coffee Club and more shoveling.

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