Got it, Tam!Quote:
Originally Posted by Kalidurga
And I figured I could extract the $ from you this weekend, Zen.
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Got it, Tam!Quote:
Originally Posted by Kalidurga
And I figured I could extract the $ from you this weekend, Zen.
Strong arm tactics, eh?
I'll defend you. And I will send the money when I deposit my paycheck (those are nice to receive also).
I'm not 100% we will be there. During the past two weeks, we've had two ill golden retrievers and the resulting vet bills were in the four figures.
If we come, we'll pay on our own. Hope to be there....
Ouch, VB. I ended up with vet bills in the five figures earlier this year, so I can definitely sympathise with what you're going through :( I hope that your dogs will be ok, and that you'll be able to join us.Quote:
Originally Posted by Velobambina
:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by Kalidurga
Ouch, is right, you guys.
Props to VB, KD, and DB, for being such awesome fur-parents.
Major good karma for you all (and for Zen, too, for her tireless work with the pups).
I hope you do get to join us, VB. I'd love to meet you finally (and hopefully soon we'll get out to Rosaryville for mtb'ing, too!);
It's the unexpected expenses that get you.
Luckily, the one (Fiona, 11 month old terror) has recovered from her tummy/intestinal ailment. Maud (11 year old) is in diapers for now. She's has a terrible UTI but the medicine is working. Her pee was almost all blood and she could not control her bladder, poor soul. Hopefully, she won't need the diapers in a couple days. Vet warned us that it takes an older dog longer to get over these things. Ultrasound, shot, two types of meds, blood tests. You can only imagine. She's been such a good sport about wearing her diapers. We should get the results of her bloodwork next week. Hopefully, it's just a UTI and there's nothing else a miss.
We'll definitely do our best to join you. And R---yes, I hope to get to ride w/you in Rosaryville or even Rock Creek Park!!
Hi, all. Back from Cycle Across Maryland, which was fun. I've got a few pictures I'll post later.
So far, the following people are confirmed and paid:
7rider
7rider's DH
MDHillSlug
MDHillslug's daughter
Kalidurga
Zen
divingbiker
divingbiker's neighbor
Unconfirmed:
madscot
f8th637
f8th's DH
Possible day of:
Velobambina
Velobambina's DH
I'll hold off making the reservation till Tuesday.
Add another unconfirmed, I asked a riding friend.
Update on Tuesday morning:
So far, the following people are confirmed and paid:
7rider
7rider's DH
MDHillSlug
MDHillslug's daughter
Kalidurga
Zen
divingbiker
divingbiker's neighbor
Madscot
Unconfirmed:
f8th637
f8th's DH
Zen's friend
Possible day of:
Velobambina
Velobambina's DH
So we've got 9 confirmed, and need 10 for the discount. I'll call today and see what happens if we have 10 later.
Yesterday I did the flatwater trip (with River and Trail Outfitters) on the Shenandoah with some friends and had a ball. I'm not sure a cooler is worth hassling with.
So...we're doing the Potomac whitewater trip on August 10 at 1:15 with River Riders. I'll call today.
Thank you again, Janice, for taking things in hand and doing all the arrangements :D
Oh, one way or another we'll have ten for sure.
OK, I called River Riders and if we book online we save another $2 per person (since we're going on a Sunday; no discount on Saturdays). But because when you book online you have to pay for it up front, I don't want to pay for 10 people until I know for sure that one more person is going (otherwise the money situation will get too complicated if we stay at 9 people but pay for 10.)
So I'm going to hold off, and maybe F8th or Zen's friend will commit, and then we can firm it up. If we get too close to August 10th and still have 9 people, we'll just lose the discount. River Riders said we need to book in advance, but we have time.
Well, my friend can't go.
But I did talk her into the Goose Chase!
Just for my own planning purposes, I'd like to clarify the time. From what I remember of glancing at the website, it seemed that 1:15 would be our launch time onto to the river. How early before that do we actually need to meet at River Riders?Quote:
Originally Posted by divingbiker
Thanks for asking. I was wondering that too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kalidurga
They want us there an hour ahead of time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kalidurga
That's what I assumed, thanks for confirming. I'm trying to decide whether to squeeze in a ride on towpath or at Antietam beforehand :D
At the launch site or at RR?Quote:
Originally Posted by divingbiker
At River Riders.Quote:
Originally Posted by 7rider
I believe that all of the outfitters have you meet at their location then bus you to the launch site, then back to their location from the pickup site. Remember when we rode past the crew of folks with huge inner tubes just upstream from the Harper's Ferry railroad bridge, who wouldn't move out of the way? That was a group from RR or one of the other outfitters. Hopefully, we'll all at least be smart enough to move off the towpath so any cyclists out on the 10th can get around us ;)
OK, it looks like we're not going to make 10 people, so I am going to make a reservation this afternoon for 9 people at 1:15 on Sunday, August 11. It's going to cost us each $3 or $4 more, for tax, a $2 user fee, and no volume discount. I'll let you know the exact amount once I make the reservation.
(7rider, does Tom still want to go if he's the only guy? Haven't heard from F8th, and Velobambina's not sure if she and her husband are going.)
Here are the confirmed and paid folks:
7rider
7rider's DH
MDHillSlug
MDHillslug's daughter
Kalidurga
Zen
divingbiker
divingbiker's neighbor
Madscot
We should probably figure out carpools. I'll be taking my neighbor, and can pick up Madscot at a metro station, so that leaves room for one more comfortably, 2 cozily. Tam, do you want me to pick you up on the way or do you want to drive on those fun roads up there?
Tam, do you want to meet me at the Bike Doctor?
I either have room for 2, or am looking for 2 spaces with someone else.
Have we figured out what time we need to be there?
Sorry ladies! I'm here! I'm here! We were on vacation last week with limited access to the internet. I'll be sending my money here shortly.
Looks like we got our 10, and another guy to spare to keep my own DH company (!).Quote:
Originally Posted by divingbiker
RE: Carpooling...
DB...I thought you were going to head up our way and we would ride in? We can carry 5 in the Escape - if Madscot wants to come to the Glenmont station (end of the red line), we could add her to the car. I ask, DB, because you had mentioned that you had a pry bar, and I was going to ask you if we could borrow your pry bar for a while and if you could bring it with you on Sunday.
I'm going to drive myself, but thank you for the offers, DB & Zen. I was thinking of squeezing in a bike ride before we meet, but I've also been needing to get up to Shepherdstown to talk to the owner of Shaharazade's so I might swing up there for breakfast before heading over to River Riders. Unless anybody wants to have breakfast at a tea shop and put up with me wandering off to talk a little business...
As for River Riders, we're meeting at 12:15, right?
OK, cool. We've got 11 people paid up and ready to go. I'll make the reservation online after lunch.Quote:
Originally Posted by 7rider
Riding with you would be great. But I'll have to do some digging to find my pry bar...it's not where I thought it should be, so I hope I didn't loan it out or lose it.:confused::confused:
Directions to River Riders are here. Let's plan to be there between noon and 12:15.
I've got pry bars I can lend: a standard/large one, a smaller one, and a hand-sized one.
Ok, I'm curious now. What's going to be pried?
I guess I should add that if you need it to bust someone upside the head, I WON'T be wanting it back!Quote:
Originally Posted by Kalidurga
OK, assuming I get an e-mail confirming all is well (which I won't know until I get home tonight) we are booked and ready to go!
It ended up being $27.56 each:
$29 for the trip (PVC tube)
-$2 internet discount
-$3 group >10 discount
+2 river user fee
+1.56 sales tax 6%
So I'll get $1.50 from each of you on Sunday, ok? (But not 7rider and Tom, because they're driving and I'll owe them for gas anyway.)
okay I stink at following a thread that includes pry bars. When are we doing this?
would I be able to bike there? or is it too far away?
We're doing this on Sunday, August 11. I guess you could bike there, but you might need to leave on Saturday because it would be a 60 mile ride up the C&O canal, and we have to be there around noon.:p:p:pQuote:
Originally Posted by madscot13
It would work better to take the metro to Glenmont and let 7Rider pick you up and drive you there.:D
I will be bringing my own personal pry bar to hit Mad upside the haid.
ouch.
I just wasn't sure if a date was settled on while I was out. As I said before, I scheduled my life around it.
I think a ride would be great 7rider. I could bike there (and wake up at 4:00 to do so) but I wouldn't be able to make it home that night.
I biked 60 miles on sunday! My longest distance yet. It was pure torture because I woke up at 6:00, after sleeping for 4-5 hours, and I had shepherd's pie for breakfast. It was delicious but not a great pre- bike meal. I will go back to oatmeal. I biked up to Poolesville, maryland. It took me about 5 hours to do and I think the C and O would take much longer (although there can't be too many hills) and my butt would hurt infinitely more.
There are no hills on the C&O towpath, unless you count all the speedbumps, er, I mean joggers, you have to run over on the DC end :eek: ;) But, yes, your butt would definitely hurt more.
Wait are we doing this August 10th?
Yes, sorry, it's the 10th not the 11th. This coming Sunday.Quote:
Originally Posted by madscot13
I need to pry various and assorted things out of the ground in our yard. Perhaps the concrete base from our old mailbox post and some metal rings around long-gone trees. My thinking is a prybar would be more efficient than a shovel. And big bars at that. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Kalidurga
Mad...if you can get to Glenmont - last stop on the Red Line - by 11 or so, I think that would be good, but I haven't looked at travel times yet. I"ll p.m. contact info. We'll have DB, DB's neighbor, DH, and myself. The box may have to go in the way back! :p DB...if you can get to our place 15-20 minutes before that, that would be great!