Anybody interested in a monument tour ride?

[7rider]

Will you be starting at Glenmont? Maybe we can meet there and Metro down together. I'm debating biking to the Metro station, too.

Yes. I am meeting BikeMom at Glenmont. She's arriving by car and will park there; I am riding my bike over from the house. Join us there. We'll take over a car!

[Velobambina]

I don't think you can ride through Arlington Cemetery. The last time I was there, I believe I saw a sign that said no bicycles. Best to check.

[HillSlugger]

There's a brand new monument to Victims of Communism. It's located at the intersection of Massachusetts Ave., N.W., New Jersey Ave., N.W., and G St., N.W., two blocks from Union Station. Maybe we can/should add it to the tour?

[Kalidurga]

Turns out I'm not working next Saturday after all, so I can make it for this ride I see that some folks are meeting at Glenmont to ride the subway down, but I don't see a time for meeting at Union Station (I'll be Metro'ing from Shady Grove). Was that decided?

[7rider]

I think we need a time.
But I recall there was some discussion of "early."
Does 8:30 at Union Station sound okay?
That would be 7:45 at Glenmont, for those meeting there.
I have a 2:30 appt (that I can change) so I'd personally prefer earlier rather than later (allowing time for lunch, of course!).

[bike4ever]

Those times are fine for me. I also prefer earlier since I will still be heading to Charlottesville (actually Afton) that afternoon.

I guess if necessary, Regina and I can bug back out to Glenmont early.

In case anyone might be confused, I changed my log in from "bikemom" to "bike4ever". Someone pointed out a while ago that we had too many "mom" names as logins. So it just took me some time to figure out something different.

[Kalidurga]

You guys are killin' me with these early rides My favorite time to start a ride last summer was 4:00pm! But, the earlier the better to avoid the tourons, so 8:30am at Union Station it is. Just don't expect me to be coherent

[HillSlugger]

Does 8:30 at Union Station sound okay?
That would be 7:45 at Glenmont, for those meeting there.

The Metro website gives three itineraries with arrivals by 8:30

Depart Glenmont @ 7:38 Arrive Union Station @ 8:01
Depart Glenmont @ 7:51 Arrive Union Station @ 8:13
Depart Glenmont @ 8:03 Arrive Union Station @ 8:25

So, assemble at Glenmont by 7:45 for the 7:51 train?

[7rider]

Yup. And if we miss that one (not that I have any faith that trains actually depart on their scheduled times! ), we'll always catch the 8:01 and still get to Union Station close to 8:30.