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Disclaimer: This recap of our 45-Mile White’s Ferry Sugarloaf Tour contains affiliate links… Climbing a Mountain, but First Let’s Ride a Ferry To say that I was excited to ride White’s Ferry across the Potomac River from Virginia to Maryland for the first time after living in Loudoun County for 36 years is an […]
Disclaimer: This recap of our 27 Miles of Loudoun County Gravel Perfection ride contains affiliate links… 265 Miles of Historic Gravel Bill and I had several group options for our Saturday ride, but ended up doing our own thing. After a relaxing morning while giving the temps a chance to move out of the […]
Disclaimer: This recap of our 42-Mile Fauquier County Longhorn Ride contains affiliate links… Longhorns in Virginia Not only does the map of the 42-Mile Fauquier County Longhorn Ride course look like a Longhorn’s head, but if cyclists are lucky (we weren’t), Longhorn cattle can be seen grazing along the road in the fields at […]
Disclaimer: This recap of our 36-Mile Dry Mill Vineyard & Winery LoCo Tour contains affiliate links… Cold Start for the Weakest Link The anticipation of some rides is greater than the experience and that was the case of the 36-Mile Dry Mill Vineyard & Winery LoCo Tour. I talked Bill into joining in on […]
Why a Metric Century Now Those who know me know I’m very competitive, especially with myself, and when I take up a new sport or hobby I feel a need to give it all I’ve got and that’s exactly what came into play when I started riding more seriously this summer. A self-declared cardio junkie […]
Disclaimer: This recap of our 55-Mile Harpers Ferry Tri-State Tour contains affiliate links… Three States, One Ride After a fun ride last weekend with the Prince William Cycling Club, I decided to join the group once again, this time for a scenic ride from Leesburg to Harpers Ferry. About a dozen cyclist showed up for […]
Disclaimer: This recap of our 44-Mile Loudoun Meander contains affiliate links… First Ride with a New Group The thing I’m learning about cycling is that in our area every weekend there are dozens of rides to choose from depending on the distance, speed, and type of ride that tickles my fancy. I recently joined […]
Disclaimer: This recap of our 28-Mile Down to the River: Lake Anne to the Potomac Tour contains affiliate links… Where’s the River? While Bill and I were vacationing at the beach, my friends went on a ride called Down to the River. Later when they told me about it, I asked if they would […]
Disclaimer: This recap of our 40-Mile Great Falls Ramble contains affiliate links… Back to Some Hills and Notable Landmarks After a couple of weeks of cruising along on wide open and relatively flat roads, it was time to challenge myself on the rolling hills winding their way around Great Falls, VA. On Sunday morning, […]
Disclaimer: This recap of our 30-Mile Greater Ashburn Bike Tour contains affiliate links… Choosing Pavement over Gravel As the weekend approached, my husband Bill and I began discussing our cycling options. He was organizing a 44-mile gravel ride and even though it wasn’t all gravel, it was a little too much for this girl […]
Disclaimer: This recap of our 30-Mile Tour de Ashburn contains affiliate links… A Little Backstory: Forming a Cycling Club While out on a solo early morning ride in late July I mentally went through my list of friends who I could have cajoled into riding with me. Betsy, my regular weekday riding friend, wasn’t […]
Disclaimer: This recap of our 30-Mile LoCo Gravel Grinder contains affiliate links… Back on Some Gravel After enjoying riding my new road bike for a few weeks, I left it behind as I pulled out my Salsa to join Bill and two other friends for some gravel grinding on the less traveled roads of […]
Disclaimer: This recap of our 30-Mile Clifton Breakfast Ride contains affiliate links… A Less Rural Ride Our 20-mile Clifton breakfast ride started at 7 AM on Saturday at Chantilly High School in Fairfax County, Virginia. The temperature was in the low 70’s and the forecast promised that the rain would hold out until the […]
Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links… Initiated by Hills During the previous few Saturday rides, I was teased and told that sooner or later I’d have to climb the Taylorstown and Stumptown Hills located just 4 miles apart in northwestern Loudoun County. Apparently, they’re legendary in the local riding circle because I’d already heard […]
Disclaimer: This post recapping our 40-Mile Fauquier and Loudoun Counties Bike Tour contains affiliate links… 39th Wedding Anniversary Ride Had I thought ahead, I would have asked Bill to plan our August 1st group ride to be a 39-miler in celebration of our 39 years of wedded bliss. Unfortunately, I wasn’t so clever so […]
Disclaimer: This recap of our 36-Mile Southwest Virginia Country Roads Ride contains affiliate links… Designing My Own Southwest Virginia Country Roads Ride Course I usually take a backseat and let Bill plan out the course for our weekly bike rides. He has ridden the back roads in Loudoun County for the last several years […]
Disclaimer: This post recapping our 26-Mile Southwest Virginia Gravel Ride contains affiliate links… Visiting Southwest Virginia On July 18th, the morning after arriving at the farm for a visit, Bill and I headed out early in the delightfully cool and foggy 64° morning air for our 26-Mile Southwest Virginia Gravel Ride on the local […]
Disclaimer: This post recapping our 46-Mile Western Loudoun County Mountain Road Bike Tour contains affiliate links… Oh, Those Hills With a successful group ride on country roads under my belt, Bill invited me to join him and his Worldgate cycling friends on July 11th for a 46-mile ride that he named Western Loudoun County […]
The 52-mile Frederick County Maryland Three Covered Bridges bike tour takes the rider past beautiful farms just an hours drive west of the nation’s capital. Explore farmland, small towns, and even a university as you ride along this scenic course.
A Gift of Friendship From 1906 when US Department of Agriculture official Dr. David Foster first imported one hundred flowering and weeping cherry trees from a nursery in Japan to plant on his property in Chevy Chase, Maryland until the 1912 gift of 3,020 trees from the people of Japan to the people of the […]
