2011 rides in MD-DC-VA

[owlice]

Wild Goose Chase will be Sunday, Oct. 23 this year. Registration will open in late February. I did this last year with two friends, had a blast, and plan to do it again this year.

[amithereyet]

Hope to see a lot of you at the 2011 Wild Goose Chase.

[Cataboo]

I think I'm skipping the goose chase this year and might just do a weekend at blackwater with some friends.

[7rider]

I think I'm skipping the goose chase this year and might just do a weekend at blackwater with some friends.

Agreed. I think Blackwater's close enough to the DC metro area that many of us can make a day (perhaps a long day) of it and do our own Wild Goose Chase ride....or make a weekend and do a Wild Good multi-sport. Nice that it benefits Friends of Blackwater (does it still?), but that group can be supported in other ways, too.....

[Cataboo]

We should pick a weekend maybe in April/May or Sept and make it a TE get together and/or multisport weekend - do a long ride one day and then if there's any kayakers that want to make a weekend of it, do a paddle the next day.

If there's interest in making it a weekend, there's the usual hotels. I know Kmerzad wants to get in practice camping for eventual bike touring, so we could get a group campsite for near by and camp.

[kmehrzad]

I'm onboard for the ride with friends and an overnight if that's the consensus.

I'm also opting out of the WGC this year.

[withm]

There really aren't any campgrounds near Cambridge. THe closest are Trap Pond in Laurel, DE or Martinak in Denton, MD.

I am always up for a bike ride around Cambridge, Blackwater, St. Michaels, Easton, Oxford.

The beauty of this area is that it's only 2 hrs from the DC area, or from my area. I've been known to go over there to ride by myself on a nice day, or to detour there to ride on my way home from a DC weekend.

Late October does offer spectacular color, but the spring migration is nice too.

I'll probably do Wild Goose, but that's a busy weekend for me. Might have to do it the week after.