Need route suggestions for Thanksgiving Sat am ride

[divingbiker]

I keep saying I'll do this, but someday I'll organize 35-60 ride there including a stop at the St. Michael's Winery afterwards for a tasting, followed by dinner somewhere else in that neck of the woods.

OK, I'm going to hold you to this! I love riding out that way.

[withm]

ALthough I planned to do the Capital Crescent, I'm afraid I never made it out on Saturday - got hung up with Christmas shopping with my sister and by the time we got home at 3 and it was too late (and cold) to be heading out biking.

But today I did stop in St. Michaels and did the run down to the radar station on Tilghman Island and back. Got 33 chilly miles and stopped at the little gourmet store - Market House Gourmet Grocer (www.markethousegourmet.com) )for a cup of the absolute best hot chocolate I've ever had. Ever. It was so good, I bought a very expensive ($$$) can of the stuff - it's called Sarabeth's Hot Chocolate Pariesienne and it is really rich and creamy. I'm embarassed to say how much it cost but it was a lot.

Anyway the St. Michaels winery is not open on Sunday but the Market House Gourmet will do a wine tasting at their shop with some advance notice. So I'm thinking the first Saturday when it's SUNNY, 55o or better, and not windy will be a good day to do that ride. If it's warmer, could get more miles in but at this time of year with early darkness and the remoteness factor, I'd think about 35 miles is long enough, and save the 65 mile loop for nicer weather.

Martha

[aicabsolut]

Where's your old 'hood? I ride on Bradley and through some neighborhoods off it (just W of 7 Locks) when I head out towards Seneca or Poolesville that way, and of course the NCVC "Espresso ride" spends a long time on Bradley (from Goldsboro on west). ... some nice roads out there.

[withm]

Corner of Bradley & Fernwood, moved away 30 yrs ago. Next time I'm in town, will have to ride out that way, and on to Seneca - are Bradley and River suitable for riding traffic and shoulder wise these days?

[aicabsolut]

Yeah, they're fine, as busy roads go. River has a bike lane in parts. I generally don't like River, so I'll go out a different way (like Glenn) and then come back to town via River. Farther out towards Seneca it's not as bad, especially midday on weekdays.