We can only ride one day this weekend, and we're picking Saturday since it looks best weather-wise. As usual, if you plan to join us, please email me off-list and I'll send you an electronic copy of the cue sheet. I will only be bringing hard copies for riders who are unable to print out their own. Here's the scoop:
"FERRY TO FERRY," starting from Poolesville High School, Poolesville, Maryland. **MEETING TIME: 7:30 a.m.**
We'll begin by heading down to Whites Ferry. After the pleasant ferry ride over the Potomac River into Virginia, we'll wheel out to Purcellville and then climb over Snickers Gap. Quiet back roads will carry us north into West Virginia, and we'll noodle alongside the Shenandoah River on our way to Harpers Ferry, where we'll have lunch at the Country Cafe. After lunch we'll take the footbridge back over the Potomac River into Maryland, with a half-mile trek on the C&O Canal towpath. A VERY HILLY stretch follows (but it's SCENIC!!) as we take a drunken sailor route north to Gapland, climb over South Mountain, and head down into Middletown for our final rest stop. From there it's back to Poolesville, but not as the crow flies. 101 miles, with 86 and 95-mile short options.
Directions to the ride start:
POOLESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, 17501 Willard Rd, Poolesville MD
From DC Beltway, take I-270 north to Rockville Exit 6 onto MD28 west. In 12 miles, bear left onto MD-107 and then in 5 miles turn left on Willard Rd. School is one block on left. Park behind school, not in front and not near public library.
OR: from Beltway, take I-270 north 10 miles to Exit-10, MD-117/ Clopper Rd west, in 0.5 mile turn left at second traffic light onto MD-124 / Quince Orchard Rd. Continue 2.8 miles then turn right at traffic light onto MD-28 / Darnestown Rd. In 5.9 miles, bear left onto MD-107 and then in 5 miles turn left on Willard Rd. HS is one block on left.
Crista
