Pointless Prize: KOT and QOT

[KWL]

I don’t quite understand why this Arlington County orange striped barrel was at this location, let alone in the middle of the Eads PBL. It got moved.

[CBGanimal]

Cleaned up a bit of 4MR…looked slightly right next to the green tarp area…took 2 bags with me but found a third during clean up so I used it too!
In the middle of my job a “new to the area” cyclist asked if he could help…sure I say…he did 2 bags too from ones we found as we picked up trash…he asked about bike clubs/rides/activities…well I told him all about Freezing Saddles and Coffee Clubs…he said he’d see me around soon! Overall good day!

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[ChristoB50]

@CBGanimal 187525 wrote:

Cleaned up a bit of 4MR…looked slightly right next to the green tarp area…took 2 bags with me but found a third during clean up so I used it too!

Looking good! No biking for me today but I plan to walk over to that area Sunday morning with a few more bags after hitting up the Conservatory Farmers Market on Mt Vernon Ave.

[ChristoB50]

Farmers Market = happily abandon self control.
http://bikearlingtonforum.com/showthread.php?14202-Yoga-and-Farmers-Market-Goodies-on-Sunday&p=187539#post187539

[CBGanimal]

Feeling great after Yoga at 4MR missing Samantha in pic but she has our pic!

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[ChristoB50]

Continuing the Valentine’s Day weekend festival of trail love, after charging up with tasty bites at the farmers market this morning I went to revisit the section of Four Mile Run trail behind the construction fencing, (overlapping a bit with the stretch that CBGanimal did yesterday) continuing westward to the T-junction where the trail hits Glebe Road. Managed six bags full in that stretch! A goodly number of scratch off lottery tickets plus a full pair of blue jeans and a T-shirt, among the more unusual items. Creepy/gross moment; spotted yet another black grocery bag out of the corner of my eye, reached over to grab it and stopped just short when I saw it really was a large dead crow!
I took the bags home to dispose of, since our public trashcan along the trail there is now filled almost to overflowing!
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[CaseyKane50]

Jumped on the bring a bag to cleanup the trail phenomenon this morning. Gathered up three bags of trash at FMR intersection with the Richmond Highway Bridge. One of the bags I used was retrieved in my cleanup. Only picked up four straws, but lots of water bottles and beer cans. Interesting item picked up – remnants of a portable DVD player.

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[Emm]

I submit Giraffey and my MVT adventure for points consideration:
http://bikearlingtonforum.com/showthread.php?14028-Calvinball-2019-Official-Thread/page30

Giraffey has never been on the MVT before. In addition to the introduction to the MVT for Giraffey, we cleaned up trash, learned about fire safety, AND even though it’s not worth points per the above guidance, we submit our call to attend the Alexandria and Parking Board meeting for consideration since not getting hit by drivers is important.

(side note, it’s almost kinda funny this broken sign is littering the ground by where I found Giraffey. Cleaning it up is a job for someone stronger than me though)
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[LhasaCM]

Not quite how I planned today in terms of keeping close in score. We got a later start on the ride home than anticipated, so were too late to be able to make it to and enjoy something at the farmer’s market. Instead, we stopped at the Learning Loop and snacked on some Girl Scout cookies I got yesterday near the now former Performance Bike location in Vienna. (And no, those gloves weren’t quite warm enough for today.)

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Then, after having just missed meeting Giraffey (by about 10 minutes…or about how long we paused to have our snack ), rolled by what at quick and passing glance looked to be a nasty looking piece of metal in the Eads PBL. Circled back to clear it out the way and dispose of it properly; turned out to just be a plastic bolt so annoying litter but not the threat I thought it was.

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Finally – managed to accomplish one useful thing (other than, you know, getting M home): moved a pair of scooters out of the way on the “interim ART” just west of the Wharf.

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[ChristoB50]

I had my two “reji bags” ready to go when I left this morning on Judd’s awesome President’s Day / George Washington group ride, in order to make another sweep along 4 Mile Run when riding home. I stopped again in the Mt Vernon Ave underpass – to – construction fence area, and while the pickings were thankfully slim compared to prior visits, I filled 2 more bags (working up into the triangle of grassy hill between the flood wall and the T-junction at S. Glebe.)
My 4 Mile Run Virtual Wardrobe is growing… joining the underwear, blue jeans, shirt and a kid’s light sweater from past cleanups, I added a “Sir Wellington’s” baseball cap and a right-handed glove today. I plan to make more reji quick-picks (that should be trademarked for reji!) on evening commutes home, westward from the T-junction at S. Glebe towards the W. Glebe bridge; lots of instant-gratification available along there! (Though boy, is it sad looking over the concrete flood wall at the state of the stream’s banks…!!)

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[ChristoB50]

@reji, you’ve created a movement for me…!
4 bags tonight before the snow comes… from the T-junction of 4MRT and S. Glebe, west to the V-junction where the concrete sidewalk starts up.
In tonight’s haul, an almost entirely readable full Capital One credit card (expired), and a foray into several canned foods (emptied).
Had to ride further down to 395 underpass to find a trashcan.

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[Judd]

@Christob50 187636 wrote:

@reji, you’ve created a movement for me…!
4 bags tonight before the snow comes… from the T-junction of 4MRT and S. Glebe, west to the V-junction where the concrete sidewalk starts up.
In tonight’s haul, an almost entirely readable full Capital One credit card (expired), and a foray into several canned foods (emptied).
Had to ride further down to 395 underpass to find a trashcan.

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Nice! I noticed that stretch was trash free on my way to Alexandria tonight. The stretch by the construction fence was looking great. Didn’t see a single piece of trash.

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[LhasaCM]

Did a quick MBT recon ride before dinner (once the wife came home and could watch M). Did a quick path-clearing shovel job at the 8th/Franklin trailhead since it was a bit tough to get through as it was and pretty thick/rutted. Dropped and broke the shovel (bungee snapped) after that, so wasn’t able to do the same near the flexposts at R/S/T streets; hopefully that all melts tonight.

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[Boomer Cycles]

I cleared the snow berms from the county plowing at 2 dangerous intersections along the W&OD between miles 7.0 and 8.0, before they freeze over tonight
The first one as at Virginia Lane.
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The second one was at Shreve Road, near the Popular Heights tennis courts.
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[Boomer Cycles]

While at it, I also cleared a single track to Shreve Road so that I can get to Mike’s Deli for pancakes, because I like pancakes!

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