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@rumipumi 203795 wrote:

Hey boomer whats your strava name? Not seeing you on the leaderboard

Is the hashtag #BAFS2021SmallBiz or just #smallbiz? I thought I read a post (but now I can’t find it) that said you didn’t need to use BAFS2021…. Asking for a friend!

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Charles Benedict Calvert owned Riverdale Plantation, which spanned over 2,000 acres, which includes College Park and some parts of the University of Maryland Campus. In 1856 he founded the Maryland Agricultural College (MAC). While Calvert owned slaves, he was pro-union.

In April 1864, General Ambrose E. Burnside and 6,000 soldiers of the Union’s Ninth Army Corps camped on the MAC campus. The troops were en route to reinforce General Ulysses S. Grant’s forces in Virginia.

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Stopped off at Vigilante Coffee for a soy latte and carrot cake muffin.
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Founded in 1910 and expanded under the New Deal, the Beltsville Agricultural Center sits on 2,664-hectares (6,582-acres) and is part of the National Register of Historic Places. It was named after Henry A. Wallace, who was the 11th Secretary of Agriculture and Vice-President under FDR.

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Coffee break at Vigilante Coffee in Hyattsville. Anyone remember when there weren’t enough bike racks for all of our bikes? [emoji22] Missing our group rides.

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The University of Maryland Division of Information Technology moved to the Discovery District (off campus) to consolidate all IT related operations in a new state of the art facility.

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Art on a power box at 38th Ave Neighborhood Park, Hyattsville

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As a former Elementary School teacher, of course I wanted to check out the schools on the New Deal List.

Sligo Creek Elementary School was formerly Montgomery Blaire High School, built in 1935. The building is much more impressive on the Wayne Ave side.

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@kwarkentien 203615 wrote:

Winner!!!! in the creativity column IMHO. Plus Puppies!!!!

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Agree! Might also be the longest palindrome, but it’s still early!

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@komorebi 203452 wrote:

Everyone who is on my team should make sure to get outside and ride at least 1 mile, and preferably 10 miles.

I hope I’m on your team!!!

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@jen_stoly 203326 wrote:

I’m far but hope to join you at least a few times.

-jennifer

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Jen, are you doing FS2021? If so, YAY!

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Maybe, just maybe @drevil will want to earn some tandem points, too!

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Thanks, chuxtr! Can’t wait for FS2021!

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In for FS21 – looking forward to the virtual fun!

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@matteblack 199279 wrote:

I agree 100%!! It has made FS2020 even more fun and exciting — kudos to camiller for coming up with this pointless prize idea!

If this is a pointless prize next year, I highly recommend those not playing along to participate, it’s gotten me out of the same ol’ route routine, allowed me to rediscover places I had long forgotten and made cycling in NoVA enjoyable again.

That being said, although my wife has been patient as I blow up her phone with Strava notifications that I’m out riding in the wilderness of suburbia looking for parks, I’m pretty sure she’s ready for it to be over. :p

LOL, get her to join FS next year! Ricky comes along with me on my park finder missions!

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