Day 95, Oct 26. Last day in Washington DC

Leaving Washington DC, was bitter-sweet. We had a lovely visit with Becky and Scot and spent some quality time with Braelynn and Savannah. We will miss them. On the other hand, we were anxious to get back on the road, both because we had been off of the bike for over 2 weeks and because it's getting cold. We need to get south before winter catches us.

 While in GR, visiting and working on the house, I decided to bring back arm warmers and a pair of long pants. Boy, was I happy to have both today! It was 40 degrees as we headed out with a high of 58 for the day. Cold!


Overall, Google bike maps have been great. We've used them to great success. They are however, just a tool, not the Bible. Yesterday, as we looked over the proposed route for today we noticed that Google was telling us to turn into MCB2. Hmmm. That stands for Marine Corp Base road 2. In this case, the Marine base is Quantico. Yes that Quantico. We were skeptical that the Marines would let us ride through their base, and we were correct. Luckily, we noticed the problem yesterday instead of today while in-route. With the luxury of time, we planned a route that went around the base, not through it. In fact, every MCB# road we passed was fenced off and one had the notice pictures above. Live fire impact does not sound like anyplace we want to be! Google are you listening??

Tomorrow we head to Asland, VA. Fun times!

We lucked out and found a bike trail next to VA 620, a very busy, fast moving divided road.