Weekend of October 20 – where to ride with my daughter?

[jrenaut]

My wife is heading out of town with the younger daughter for the weekend of October 20th. I’ll have the older one and I’m trying to plan a ride. I think her range is probably 30ish miles on the day, assuming we’re not doing crazy climbing. Her record for a day is 23 miles but that was a rental bike and she didn’t seem tired at all. a 15 mile out and back with lunch in the middle seems well within her ability.

I was thinking about driving to Hains Point and parking then going over the 14th St Bridge and heading out the W&OD but then I’m not sure what our goal is. Anyone have suggestions? Starting in NW DC but I’m not entirely opposed to driving somewhere to start the ride.

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[dbb]

Mount Vernon?

MVT to National Harbor for a grown up lunch with Dad?

[jrenaut]

I thought biking to National Harbor was pretty much certain death

[Judd]

@jrenaut 164132 wrote:

I thought biking to National Harbor was pretty much certain death

I think National Harbor is a great suggestion. Getting there on the DC/Maryland side involves some pretty big hill climbing and a lot of riding on city streets. Crossing over to Virginia and then taking the Mt. Vernon Trail down would work great though.

[TwoWheelsDC]

Great Falls?

[hozn]

Yeah, what TwoWheels said, take the C&O to Great Falls.

[Greenbelt]

@jrenaut 164132 wrote:

I thought biking to National Harbor was pretty much certain death

Nah, take Rod Smith with you or mtansill — they know all the best ways.

I usually take the Mt Vernon trail to the bridge to crossover though.

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