Saturday Ride, February 26, 2012 - UP, UP & AWAY!

Dear Friends,

We have a beautiful ride planned for Saturday; hope you can join us!  Please download and print out your own cue sheet from the DCCenturyRides blog, http://dccenturyrides.blogspot.com/

Just click on "Cue Sheets" (on the left side of the page), and you'll find it there!  If you're unable to print the cue sheet yourself, let me know and I'll bring a hard copy to the ride start for you.  I won't be bringing extra copies of cue sheets to the ride start unless you email me directly and advise me that you're unable to print out your own.

Here are the juicy details:

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2012

"UP, UP AND AWAY," starting from Amber Meadows Shopping Center, Frederick, Maryland.  **MEETING TIME 8:00 a.m.**  This very hilly ride includes a few of our favorite things, including Catoctin Hollow, Friends Creek, and Hornets Nest!  It also includes the full length of Garfield Road, which is actually delightful heading east to west, and some other surprise goodies.  Many a climb early in the ride.  Once we get over South Mountain and into the Cumberland Valley, we'll head north into Pennsylvania and enjoy lunch at Paul's Market.  After lunch we'll climb back over South Mountain on good ol' OLD 16, visit the pretty village of Charmian, and then swoop down to Harbaugh Valley via Old Waynesboro Road.  Our final climb on Hornets Nest Road will take us back into the Frederick Valley and into Emmitsburg for our last rest stop.  The last 30 miles mellow out noticeably, featuring bucolic farm country, peacocks, and a covered bridge.  100 miles with an 80-mile short option.  Here's the link to the detailed RWGPS map:

http://ridewithgps.com/routes/959054

Directions to the ride start:

AMBER MEADOWS SHOPPING CENTER, Thomas Johnson Drive & Opossumtown Pike, FREDERICK, MARYLAND

From D.C. Beltway (I-495), take I-270 north 31 miles to Frederick.  Continue north on US15 3.7 miles.  Take Exit 16, Motter Ave exit (sign for Frederick Community College).  Turn RIGHT at the traffic light onto Opossumtown Pike.  In a quarter mile turn right onto Thomas Johnson Drive, then left into the shopping center.  Park at the north end of the parking lot between the Weis Market and Roy Rogers.

 

Saturday Ride, February 4, 2012 - "Over the Hill with Doctor Disc"

Dear Friends,

I hope you can join us for one of our favorite rides this Saturday.  Please download and print out your own cue sheet, GPS file, and overview map for the ride directly from the DCCenturyRides blog, http://dccenturyrides.blogspot.com/

Just click on "Cue Sheets" (on the left side of the page), and you'll find them there!  If you're unable to print the cue sheet yourself, let me know and I'll bring a hard copy to the ride start for you.  I won't be bringing extra copies of cue sheets to the ride start unless you email me directly and advise me that you're unable to print out your own.

Here are the juicy details:

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2012

"OVER THE HILL WITH DOCTOR DISC," starting from the Weis Market parking lot in the Amber Meadows Shopping Center at Opossumtown Pike & Thomas Johnson Drive in Frederick, Maryland.  **MEETING TIME 7:45 a.m.**  This little gem of a drunken sailor route was designed many years ago to celebrate Chuck's 60th birthday.  Even though we've both been "over the hill" for more than a few years now, we still love the ride and will continue to offer it at least once a year until we're so old and feeble that we can no longer get OVER THE HILL.  The ride heads east from Frederick, with an abundance of scenic views, tight turns, sweet and squirmy little one-lane roads, and a plethora of exhilarating HILLS.  Lunch at Tony's Cafe & Pizzeria in Taneytown.  Rest stops in Union Bridge and Libertytown.  100 miles, with 3 little optional shortcuts.  Estimated elevation gain 6500 - 7000 feet.  Here's the link to the interactive RWGPS map and elevation profile:

http://ridewithgps.com/routes/924384

Please DON'T use the "cue sheet" to the left of the screen on the RWGPS map!  The actual cue sheet is posted on the DCCenturyRides blog, at http://dccenturyrides.blogspot.com/.

Crista