National Harbor – how to avoid oyster shell path

[JustinW]

Not wonderful, but if you turn left just prior to the shell path onto a short gravel (I know) path that heads to the road, you should be ok. The gravel is pretty well packed. You have to lift your bike over the guard rail, but you do have a slightly sheltered piece of road to start on there. Then it’s a quick jaunt on the road to the development itself.

[KLizotte]

@JustinW 23761 wrote:

Not wonderful, but if you turn left just prior to the shell path onto a short gravel (I know) path that heads to the road, you should be ok. The gravel is pretty well packed. You have to lift your bike over the guard rail, but you do have a slightly sheltered piece of road to start on there. Then it’s a quick jaunt on the road to the development itself.

Thanks. It’s all the more frustrating since they appear to be building another pier for boats in the cove. If they have money for that…..

[Dirt]

I’m guessing swimming would not be an acceptable alternative?

Sorry. I had to say that.

[PotomacCyclist]

There is this:

http://washingtonscrossingswim.com/index.html

[consularrider]

@PotomacCyclist 23783 wrote:

There is this:

http://washingtonscrossingswim.com/index.html

$75 to swim across the Potomac (oh yeah, you get a ferry ride to Alexandria first ). Opps don’t blink, because it’s $85 tomorrow.

[KLizotte]

I wonder if a petition to NH would work? I mean really, given the number of cyclists going there you’d think they would be interested in welcoming us. I do spend money at the complex and there is no way I’m going to pay what it costs to park a car there.

[PotomacCyclist]

I was tempted to sign up for the swim event, especially since the National Harbor half Ironman race was cancelled. But then I realized that I completely slacked off on my swim training this spring after two of the D.C. area triathlons were cancelled. If they have the swim event next year, I might sign up. (Hopefully I’m not as painfully slow by next year. I can swim for a long time but I’m just not that fast in the water.)

As for NH being more welcoming to cyclists, I’ve tried to convince them politely. I sent them a lengthy email last year or earlier this year about the path and also about their bike policies. I looked up the community relations person or whatever the exact title was, on their website and wrote them. I’m not sure it made much of a difference, but at least I tried.

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