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@bobco85 163124 wrote:

First off, thank you to everyone for coming on this hot, humid, and ultimately wet ride! I was told that the count was around 25 people, and I’m ecstatic that mostly everything went well. We had to call off the last few stops due to the incoming thunderstorm (having people go up onto a mountain ridge during a thunderstorm isn’t a good idea), so I promised to give notes on the missing stops. I’ll put just the notes from my notecards in a bite-size but hopefully readable fashion.

• Stop #1 – Shirlington
  • Arlington
    • Arlington County named after Arlington House (old Custis-Lee estate in present-day Arlington National Cemetery)
    • Arlington House named after Arlington Plantation (Custis family homestead in VA Eastern Shore; you can see Custis family grave)
    • Arlington Plantation named for Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington in 17th Century CE England – never set foot in VA
  • Shirlington
    • Henry Garnett Shirley
      • Commissioner of VA Department of Highways
      • Promoted 1st limited-access highway between VA Route 1 and 14th St Bridge (now I-395)
      • Died before I-395 was built, but it was named after him
    • Shirlington developed after Shirley Highway was built, named after the highway
  • Campbell Avenue – named after the Campbells
    • Elizabeth Pfohl Campbell
      • Arlingtonian, 1st woman in VA to be elected to a school board
      • Mid-1950’s became head of Greater Washington Educational Television Association
      • WETA came from this and is currently the 3rd largest public television station in the US
    • Edmund D Campbell
      • Lawyer who promoted civil rights
      • Lead attorney in 1958 case (James v. Almond) which overturned VA’s “Massive Resistance” laws which had been used to closed all public schools that were going to integrate after the 1954 (Brown v. Board of Education) ruling
• Stop #2 – Arlington Mill
  • Arlington Mill
    • Grist Mill built in 1836 by George Washington Parke Custis
    • Destroyed during the Civil War
  • Dr. John Woolverton Barcroft
    • Physician and inventor, rebuilt Arlington Mill
    • Arlington Mill had the largest mill wheel on the East Coast
    • Mill was destroyed in a fire in 1920
    • Present-day Jim’s Automotive at the end of 10th St S was built on its foundations
    • Barcroft neighborhood named after him
    • Lake Barcroft named after him because he owned a house on the lake
    • Also owned a mill just downstream of Lake Barcroft on Holmes Run
    • Remnants of his mill on Holmes Run were washed out when Hurricane Agnes caused the Lake Barcroft dam to overflow by 3 feet
  • Old Columbia Turnpike
    • Columbia (Turn)Pike used to do a slight zig-zag and run down 10th St S to cross Four Mile Run using a bridge
    • The concrete foundations of the old bridge can be seen from the current Columbia Pike bridge (look downstream)
• Stop #3 – George Washington Survey Marker
  • White oak tree at the confluence of Four Mile Run and Long Branch was used as a surveying marker
  • Deeds reference this as George Washington’s forest property starting 300 yards south along Four Mile Run
  • Portion of the tree preserved in Glencarlyn Library
  • Daughters of the American Revolution responsible for current stone column to mark site
• Stop #4 – Glencarlyn
  • Carlin Hall
    • Community Center built in 1892 originally named Custis Hall
    • Used for community meetings, social center, church, public library, one room school, and now a recreation center
  • John Ball & Moses Ball
    • Cousins of George Washington, were granted land in 1742 by Lord Fairfax
  • William Carlin
    • George Washington’s tailor, bought the Balls’ old estate when they died
  • Ball-Carlin Cemetery
    • Members of Ball and Carlin families buried here from 1766-1908
  • Glencarlyn Library – has the preserved white oak log used by George Washington as a survey marker
  • John Ball House
    • Built in 1742, oldest building in Arlington
• Stop #5 – Carlin Springs
  • 1872 resort near confluence of Lubber Run and Four Mile Run
  • Location of springs, a dining room, pavilion, spring lawn, train station nearby can be found on an old map of the area
  • People would travel from DC via trains on the Alexandria, Loudoun, and Hampshire (Hampshire County, VA is present-day Mineral County, West Virginia) Railroad which later became the Washington & Old Dominion Railroad
• Stop #6 – Mary Carlin House
  • Original log house built in 1800 by William Carlin
  • Lots of bird houses including one that is a model of the house

Sorry to miss this one Bobco sounds like it was fun! Hope to make the August one . These hot days are too hot for me…let’s hope for a cooler day for the next one!

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Well, I am pooped from a long (for me) ride today. However, this sounds like fun and so I am going to stop by . And I just bought my tickets. So see y’all there. I may take the metro/bus most of the way cause I’m tired and cause “oppressive heat” .

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Thanks so much!

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Thanks again for hosting, and cooking Mark and Meg. Had a great time and hope to see you soon!

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Steve owns an Air Force base??

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Hi Bobco,
I can’t make the ride, but might use some cold refreshment. If so, I’d meet you all at Port City about 8 or so.

Question: I’ve never ridden over there; Google maps says to take Duke or Eisenhower (I’m coming from near West St. & Braddock Rd.) Anyone have a suggestion?

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Unfortunately, I will be there. Can you get it to cool down before then, Bike President?? Thanks!!

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@Steve O 162699 wrote:

Now that’s a real person to name a trail after, not Wayne f’in’ Anderson.

I wish I were in a place that required such a parka…right about now

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I will be there..maybe on the ride but definitely for the dinner and movie. Thanks for hosting. I’ll bring some sides & drinks . Yay for 85 degree water! !

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great write up. question: what time should i meet you and where.
ha.

thanks, i was hoping to join another fun ride soon!!

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same. i just did a friend request in map my rides too.

** Correction ** you can log in to Map My Rides, and then click on the link above – even if you’re not SteveO’s “Friend” it appears you can see the map/route.

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@Judd 158074 wrote:

Proof of my bike jousting prowess:

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Just read this and had to share:
So what exactly is it about racing towards an opponent on a horse galloping at up to 30mph while wearing heavy armour and brandishing a 3.6m (12ft) wooden lance that makes jousters so fit?

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/shortcuts/2017/jul/03/jousting-ultimate-workout-fit-as-footballers-tennis-champions?CMP=fb_gu

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@Kitty 162440 wrote:

So tomorrow I’m going to be doing what I do nearly every Federal holiday: forgo sleep to get in a ride before anyone notices I’m gone. But I was hoping to swing by a coffee club with U-S-A themed baked goods.

Is the Tuesday Crystal City gathering happening? Or are there “holiday specials” of the other coffee clubs afoot? I’d love to factor one (or more?) into my #ClimateRideKitty training ride tomorrow.

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why hello.. I was thinking that instead of just meeting at Crystal City water park as usual, we could go to Bob & Edith ‘s diner at 539 23rd St S, Arlington – just across Route 1. I called, and they’re open. How about 8:30??

annnddd I think I’ll stop by the CC Water park around 8 and see if folks are these…and talk them into going to Bob & Edith’s!

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That’s great. Thanks!

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