Washington D.C. Metblogs » Bicycling http://dc.metblogs.com Sun, 10 Oct 2010 21:31:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 13-Colonies Bike Ride http://dc.metblogs.com/2009/07/14/13-colonies-bike-ride/ http://dc.metblogs.com/2009/07/14/13-colonies-bike-ride/#comments Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:19:38 +0000 tonigm http://dc.metblogs.com/?p=9121 13colonies

Yes, all of them.

On the July 4 weekend, we plotted and executed a bike ride through all thirteen original colonies.  It seemed a patriotic thing to do!  (Yes, we mean the streets, not the actual, you know, states.)  We’d seen the WABA map showing 13 colonies in 15 miles and thought we could do better, and we did, managing it in just over 11 and a half miles.  Kudos to G for excellent planning.  See the map at right for the actual route.

The best part of the ride?  Stopping at Eastern Market for a pickle break.  A nice salty, crunchy snack is the perfect thing between North Carolina and New Jersey!

Coming up in August:  All 50 states in about 45 miles.  Y/Y?

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