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1/13/2022 Boulder
I found many boulders in my meanderings this afternoon, but none as interesting as this one located on the grounds of the US Geological Survey.
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Thanks, Andy, for captaining. I’m looking forward to my 2nd BAFS, and hope to ride every single day this winter. I do have some travel to FL coming up, but bringing a bike with me. On the travel days I’ll be lucky to get in a super short ride, but you never know. I find that I nearly always end up riding more miles than I’d planned going out. To date this year my goal was to ride at least a mile everyday, and 10 as often as I could manage. Upping my own personal ante to at least 10 miles a day. I really like your comment that “Also riding everyday through winter continues to normalize that cyclists exist, and are always around.” One thing that got me out a lot last winter was biking, instead of driving, to run most of my local errands and I’ve kept that going. As for my cycling history, I’ve been riding a bike and loving it since I was about 8-9 years old. When I was working full time, I rode to work 1-2 days a week April-November. I’ve done a lot of traveling by bike in lots of interesting and beautiful places all over the US and other countries, but my very favorite and most awesome ride ever was 10 weeks riding west coast to east coast across the US this past summer. If anyone wants to come out to the Reston area for a ride, just let me know!

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1/11/2022
This LFL is located in a residential neighborhood in south Reston. It has a good assortment of different types of books, but especially quite a few romance novels. I left “George and Martha” by James Marshall, a children’s book that both my kids adored.
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@Serdar 212947 wrote:

Immigrant Heritage of Reston submitted by karenbikes2. I have two good friends in Reston who I hope will help me organize a group ride there.

If I can help in any way with a group ride in the Reston area, happy to do so! Definitely will plan to join the ride, assuming I’m not working and in town 😊

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1/11/2022
My Home Thai Bistro in Reston. Very local to where I live and friends have recommended this restaurant as “the best” Thai food in the Reston/Herndon area so tonight I’ll check it out!
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1/21/2022 Autumn leaves
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I’d taken several photos of clumps of brown leaves on trees I passed on today’s ride, in the spirit of “better than nothing.” I was almost done with my ride when I came upon this lovely bush, still exhibiting some “autumn” color.

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1/9/2022 pansies
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(Also I saw sunrise and a huge rainbow. #BeatTheRain)

That rainbow was quite a surprise, wasn’t it? A nice reward for getting out to ride early, right?

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This bus is usually parked on Glade Dr. in Reston. It belongs to a Spanish evangelical church congregation that holds services in nearby Hunters Woods Plaza.
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My good friend Julie’s granddaughter, Olivia Bond, created this LFL with a friend for a Girl Scout project. It’s adjacent to the parking lot for Reston’s Cathy Hudgins Community Center on Pinevrest Rd. It’s well maintained and stocked with an assortment of books but seemed that it could use another children’s book so I left “Fox on the Job” by James Marshall. Lat: 38.941586 Long: -77.36582
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LFL at the YMCA in Reston on Sunset Hills Rd. Not surprisingly, many books on staying fit and a few kids books. Since it’s located right outside the Y’s child care entrance, I though it could use another children’s book so I left “Unicorn Magic” by Jessica Burkhart.
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Lat: 38.956332, Long: -77.367999

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Nando’s Peri-Peri Chicken in Reston. Their specialty is South African flame grilled Peri-Peri (Peri-Peri = African Bird’s Eye Chili) chicken. Peri-Peri is also known as African Bird’s Eye Chili, rich in Vitamins A, B, and C, and containing capsaicin, a natural mood enhancer.
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1/8/22 Creek
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No idea what this creek is named, but it runs behind the YMCA on Sunset Hills Rd in Reston, and you cross it on a footbridge to access the W&OD.

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1/07/2022 – Cubiod (cubed)

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Great shot, Boomer!

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This LFL was well stocked with an assortment of books. I had a book in my pannier BUT LEFT THE PANNIER IN THE HOUSE!!! Given the road conditions today (dicey just driving my bike out of my development) decided not to go home just to get the book to leave.
Lat: 38.9261071 Long: -77.34190939999999
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1/7/2022 Cuboid
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