Northern Neck River Ride, September 27

[KathiCville]

Did anybody do the Northern Neck River Ride last year? If so, any comments about the event? This year it's scheduled for September 27. Looks like it could be a lot of fun---pretty area, great time of year. And it's FLAT! :D.........

http://riverride.org/

[tulip]

Yes, I did it last year and had a wonderful time. I live down there part time, so I'm familiar with the routes. Mostly flat, yes, with a couple of hills (relatively speaking, they are hills) to keep us from falling asleep. Windy, though, since we're on the water.

Well-organized and quiet roads.

There's a joint RABA-NNCC ride over July 4 weekend that will be on some of the same roads as the River Ride. Check out the RABA website for details.

Oh, and one more thing, I usually post Northern Neck ride info in the Southeast section (we are in Virginia, after all), so check there, too, if you are interested in such things.

[juliemcd]

I'd be interested, although I'm in DC, and this would probably be about 4 hours from me, correct?

[KathiCville]

Julie....D.C. to Kilmarnock, Virginia is 2 hours, according to mapquest.com. You might want to go to mapquest yourself and plug in your address so you get a more accurate estimate.....:)

Tulip...Thanks for the insights....I'll definitely put this one on my radar screen, 'though I won't sign up until the date gets much closer. I've already had to miss two rides I registered for this summer because of scheduling conflicts or other snafus.:(

[tulip]

It's more than 2 hours from DC. When I lived in Alexandria, it took 3 hours to get down there.

Julie (and others in DC), to avoid the 395 mess south of DC, go this way:

Wilson Bridge to Indian Head Highway going south (MD 210, I think)
Cut across to Waldorf (big green signs)
At the Best Buy, take a right onto MD 301 and keep going (toll at the Nice Bridge, $2 I think)
Take a left onto VA 3 (there's a Sheetz on the left)
This will bring you right into Kilmarnock (after a while).

This way is much more pleasant without the traffic and hassle of going south on 95.

If I hear anything about the ride, I'll post it here and on Southeast.

[juliemcd]

Thanks, I would be interested in doing this, especially if others from the list are...

[KathiCville]

Thanks, Tulip, for clarifying the drive time from D.C. to Kilmarnock. I've generally found mapquest to be pretty accurate, but most of my trips start from quiet Central VA, not D.C.......I lived in Arlington for almost 20 years and got used to automatically adding a cushion of drive-time to my ETA to take traffic into account.....During my first year of living in Charlottesville I often showed up too early for events---took a while to shake the habit of factoring in an extra 20 or 30 minutes!:D

[tulip]

Thanks, Tulip, for clarifying the drive time from D.C. to Kilmarnock. I've generally found mapquest to be pretty accurate, but most of my trips start from quiet Central VA, not D.C.......I lived in Arlington for almost 20 years and got used to automatically adding a cushion of drive-time to my ETA to take traffic into account.....During my first year of living in Charlottesville I often showed up too early for events---took a while to shake the habit of factoring in an extra 20 or 30 minutes!:D

I'm still amazed at how little time it takes to get places here in Richmond. Six years in DC really skewed my time estimates. All of a sudden, I'm the early bird!

Kilmarnock is 1.5 hours from Richmond, by the way. If you need directions, just let me know.