Memorial Day ride!!

[divingbiker]

I would love to do a tour of the memorials in DC but I have no Metrorail pass to get my bike down there from Shady Grove, must look into getting a new one.

Zencentury, you don't need a pass for your bike to take it on Metro any more. You can be on any car at the front or back doors (not the middle door), except at rush hour--no bikes on metro at rush hour.

[Zen]

Zencentury, you don't need a pass for your bike to take it on Metro any more. You can be on any car at the front or back doors (not the middle door), except at rush hour--no bikes on metro at rush hour.

Cool beans!
Except that with the Metro system it always seems to be rush hour

I worked in DC for 15 years, went to The Wall once, I don't know if I could stand to do it again.

[IFjane]

I worked in DC for 15 years, went to The Wall once, I don't know if I could stand to do it again.

My brother's name is on the wall - it's very tough to visit, believe me.

On a happier note: SO and I went out for 50 hilly miles yesterday. Sunny, hot (about 90F) and VERY humid. I used as much water on my head as I drank! Fortunately our route took us by country stores where we could refill the bottles as needed. Great ride. SO rescued a turtle from the road as well, and just in the nick of time - a huge truck came along just after he got him to safety.

[Jiffer]

I did a Memorial Day ride as well. My husband and I rode tandem with some friends of ours who also ride tandem, along with three other guys who rode singles. All from our church and one of them was our Pastor. It was pretty cool getting "social" time like that with our Pastor. We go to a pretty big church, so it's not often you get to hang with with him like that. His bike was a crack up, though, and we had to keep teasing him about it. It's from 1985 and he hasn't ridden it in a long time. It actually had cobwebs on it! He was the slowest in the bunch and kept telling us not to wait on him, but none of us were about to leave him behind. It was a fun and relaxing social ride down to the beach and back. 48 miles.

When it was over, we all prayed for the guys in Iraq and their families, especially the families of soldiers who have died.

[Jenn]

What AWESOME pictures and rides ya'll had!!! I'm so glad everyone had a nice day!! As I was riding I thought about a book I read years ago on Iwo Jima. Above the soldiers bodies that were awaiting to be picked up by ships, a soldier posted this saying on a piece of drift wood:

Go home and tell them
Go home and say,
I gave up my tomorrow,
So you can have your today.

I thought about that the whole time we were riding, I think it put a little extra wind in my sails.

Although I have to say it was the longest ride I've done thus far, and I work up this morning and my upper middle back is killing me!!