Activity: road cycling
Location: Dupont Circle > Hains Point > Alexandria, VA
Distance: 27.5 miles (flat)
Duration: 1:48
Weather: sunny, 80 degrees
Avg HR: 141 (max 165)
Type: aerobic
A lazy, post-sick-day ride to shake off the cobwebs and enjoy a lovely afternoon. The ride was slow, both due to the fact that I didn’t plan on a fast ride and to the fact that Memorial Day weekend in DC is a crowded one. Rolling Thunder loads up the streets of the greater DC area with motorcyclists (who are all happy to share the road with non-motorized cyclists), and the giant family picnics mean funky parking patterns at Hains Point.
So I rode more slowly, which was just fine. I got to see lots of ducks with their ducklings, geese with their goslings, egrets and even a few turtles along the inlets of the Potomac River. I spent a little time plane spotting down at Washington Sailing Marina before making a quick ride home, just beating sunset.
sprite
27 May 2006 — 23:38
Sounds like a nice ride. Up here in Connecticut, I spotted a red-headed woodpecker, a black toad, and any number of chipmunks and squirrels. Someone is living in the bird house out back, and they really didn’t approve of our making a racket out there this evening.