TE DC Event--Tubing in Harper's Ferry, WV

[7rider]

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?

Looks like we got our 10, and another guy to spare to keep my own DH company (!).

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.

[Kalidurga]

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?

[divingbiker]

Looks like we got our 10, and another guy to spare to keep my own DH company (!).

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.

OK, cool. We've got 11 people paid up and ready to go. I'll make the reservation online after lunch.

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.

Directions to River Riders are here. Let's plan to be there between noon and 12:15.

[HillSlugger]

I've got pry bars I can lend: a standard/large one, a smaller one, and a hand-sized one.

[Kalidurga]

Ok, I'm curious now. What's going to be pried?

[HillSlugger]

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!

[divingbiker]

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.)

[madscot13]

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?

[divingbiker]

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.

It would work better to take the metro to Glenmont and let 7Rider pick you up and drive you there.

[Zen]

I will be bringing my own personal pry bar to hit Mad upside the haid.

[madscot13]

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.

[Kalidurga]

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 But, yes, your butt would definitely hurt more.

[madscot13]

Wait are we doing this August 10th?

[divingbiker]

Wait are we doing this August 10th?

Yes, sorry, it's the 10th not the 11th. This coming Sunday.

[7rider]

Ok, I'm curious now. What's going to be pried?

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.

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! DB...if you can get to our place 15-20 minutes before that, that would be great!