Trails closing?

[NicDiesel]

@KLizotte 66191 wrote:

Upon turning south to head toward the airport I was appalled to find people parking partly on the MVT trail because their cars couldn’t fit entirely on the narrow strip of grass.

Serious question, because I really want to know – is there something magical about Gravelly Point that makes people do stupid stuff like this?

[consularrider]

@NicDiesel 66194 wrote:

Serious question, because I really want to know – is there something magical about Gravelly Point that makes people do stupid stuff like this?

da’ planes, da’ planes.

[MattAune]

@NicDiesel 66194 wrote:

Serious question, because I really want to know – is there something magical about Gravelly Point that makes people do stupid stuff like this?

Because it is the closest parking lot to DC without actually having to drive into DC?

[NicDiesel]

@MattAune 66196 wrote:

Because it is the closest parking lot to DC without actually having to drive into DC?

I somehow don’t think the slothlike creatures I’ve seen at Gravelly Point are going to walk from there to DC.

[DCAKen]

I saw a few cars parked on the path on Sunday. When I cycled past Gravelly Point today, I noticed one of the electric signs had the message “No Parking on Grass”.

[mstone]

@NicDiesel 66241 wrote:

I somehow don’t think the slothlike creatures I’ve seen at Gravelly Point are going to walk from there to DC.

Did somebody say Sloth?

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[consularrider]

The parking lot at Gravelly Point was open this morning, but the one at Roosevelt Island was still closed. There was a NPS SUV parked in front of the barriers, so maybe they just need to get the equipment there to remove the plastic jersey barriers.

What’s the news on the CCT and C&O?

[TwoWheelsDC]

@consularrider 66878 wrote:

The parking lot at Gravelly Point was open this morning

Open and already occupied…

[PeteD]

@TwoWheelsDC 66896 wrote:

Open and already occupied…

I did 5 laps of Gravely Point Criteruium this morning, and it was empty until the 5th lap when that black SUV showed up.

–Pete

[baiskeli]

@mattdwyerva 65621 wrote:

Our warm showers guest says Feds took the pump handles off the well pumps on the C&O, and made attempts to lock the porta potties. He rode from DC to Whites Ferry yesterday, and said a number of other touring cyclists were pretty unhappy.

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There’s an item in today’s Wash Post (John Kelly’s column) about this. NPS says the portapotties would have been a threat to public health since nobody would have been cleaning them out, and the wells require regular monitoring for water quality to assure they are safe to drink, and nobody monitored them during the shutdown, so the handles were removed to protect the public from unsafe drinking water.

[ShawnoftheDread]

baiskeli;66899 wrote:

there’s an item in today’s wash post (john kelly’s column) about this. Nps says the portapotties would have been a threat to public health since nobody would have been cleaning them out, and the wells require regular monitoring for water quality to assure they are safe to drink, and nobody monitored them during the shutdown, so the handles were removed to protect the public from unsafe drinking water.

hahahahahahahahahaha

[baiskeli]

@ShawnoftheDread 66904 wrote:

hahahahahahahahahaha

I don’t understand your post. Are you saying you don’t believe NPS?

[mstone]

@baiskeli 66899 wrote:

There’s an item in today’s Wash Post (John Kelly’s column) about this. NPS says the portapotties would have been a threat to public health since nobody would have been cleaning them out, and the wells require regular monitoring for water quality to assure they are safe to drink, and nobody monitored them during the shutdown, so the handles were removed to protect the public from unsafe drinking water.

Yes, that sounds about right. I can’t even imagine what the porta-johns would have been like after 3 weeks, especially if people were getting giardia infections because the iodine levels weren’t kept up. It sucks for the people affected, but NPS did the right thing (unlike congress).

[DismalScientist]

I don’t mind them padlocking the portapotties, but taking off the pump handles is ridiculous. The CDC recommends testing well water quality only once per year. http://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/drinking/private/wells/testing.html

This and many other actions by the NPS suggest to me that someone ordered the NPS to maximize the pain.

[baiskeli]

@DismalScientist 66933 wrote:

I don’t mind them padlocking the portapotties, but taking off the pump handles is ridiculous. The CDC recommends testing well water quality only once per year. http://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/drinking/private/wells/testing.html

The NPS’ statement said the state of Maryland requires testing of the wells every two weeks.

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