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Yesterday, 06:51 PM

JoM replied to a thread New Deal Pointless Prize in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

Riverdale Fire Department By the early 1930's, it was evident that we were outgrowing our original fire house with swing out doors. In the mid...

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Yesterday, 06:49 PM

JoM replied to a thread Pointless prize: Quaxapalooza in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

Yummy cookies from Ravenhook Bakery stand at the Riverdale Farmer's Market

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01-20-2021, 06:25 PM

JoM replied to a thread FS2021 #PublicArtFinder pointless prize in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

Love birds Reposting since this is so colorful at Dewey Local Park, Montgomery Co.

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01-20-2021, 06:21 PM

JoM replied to a thread FS2021 Pointless Prize: STEM in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

M-NCPPC Solar Project This solar farm along the ICC trail holds large panels to generate energy and reduce Montgomery County's carbon footprint.

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01-20-2021, 06:14 PM

JoM replied to a thread New Deal Pointless Prize in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

We can thank the New Deal for improvements to Sligo Creek Trail in 1935. Sligo Creek Parkway is a landscaped, two-lane roadway in Montgomery...

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01-19-2021, 05:50 PM

JoM replied to a thread New Deal Pointless Prize in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

The Hyattsville Armory is a historic National Guard armory built in 1918 and located in Hyattsville, Maryland. “The building is patterned after a...

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01-19-2021, 05:34 PM

JoM replied to a thread FS2021 #PublicArtFinder pointless prize in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

Paint drippings in Hyattsville

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01-18-2021, 11:29 PM

JoM replied to a thread FS2021 #PublicArtFinder pointless prize in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

The Big Chair in Anacostia was installed in 1959. During the 1968 Washington, D.C. riots the Chair was one of the few landmarks to go unscathed in a...

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01-18-2021, 11:18 PM

JoM replied to a thread New Deal Pointless Prize in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

The Works Progress Administration’s (WPA) and the National Youth Administration (NYA) undertook crucial preservation work at the Frederick Douglass...

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01-18-2021, 08:50 AM

JoM replied to a thread FS2021 Pointless Prize: STEM in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

We were there on Saturday! Did you stop at Bike Lane Cafe/Brewery? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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01-17-2021, 07:16 AM

JoM replied to a thread Pointless Prize: Civil War History in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

On yesterday's ride down the W&OD, I found a marker, by chance! Moby's Raid in 1863, on Union outpost in Herndon Station.

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01-16-2021, 07:43 PM

JoM replied to a thread FS2021 #PublicArtFinder pointless prize in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

Painted jersey walls in Herndon

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01-16-2021, 05:53 PM

JoM replied to a thread Pointless prize: Quaxapalooza in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

If you are ever on the W&OD, stop at the Herndon Centennial Golf Course for... what else? Filipino Food! Egg Karne is inside of the Golf Course...

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01-16-2021, 05:32 PM

JoM replied to a thread New Deal Pointless Prize in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

Riding down the W&OD, wasn't sure about any New Deal sites in this area, so I check and it looks like the PWA provided funds for the waterworks...

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01-15-2021, 12:19 PM

JoM replied to a thread Freezing Saddles 2021 - Daily Photo Scavenger Hunt in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

They had great salads too! The lunch lines would go out the door!

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01-15-2021, 12:15 PM

JoM replied to a thread Pointless prize #FS2021coffeesnobride in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

Met Coffeeneuring and friends at the DC Coffee Club at Perigrine Espresso

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01-15-2021, 12:12 PM

JoM replied to a thread Pointless prize: Quaxapalooza in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

DC Coffee Club at Perigrine Espresso

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01-15-2021, 12:10 PM

JoM replied to a thread FS2021 #PublicArtFinder pointless prize in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

Tree Art off of the NW Branch Trail

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01-15-2021, 12:08 PM

JoM replied to a thread FS2021 Pointless Prize: STEM in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

There used to be a really nice sign for the American Center for Physics, but because of Purple Line Construction, they have this temporary sign. ...

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01-15-2021, 11:59 AM

JoM replied to a thread FS2021 #LiteBrite Pointless Prize in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

Woke up too early to head down to the DC Coffee Club, it was freezing, but we were rewarded with this:

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01-15-2021, 11:48 AM

JoM replied to a thread New Deal Pointless Prize in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

John Philip Sousa was born in Washington, D.C. a composer and conductor, he was most famous for his marches. The bridge, which was built from 1939 -...

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01-15-2021, 10:41 AM

JoM replied to a thread Dirty Biker... #DirtyBikerFS20 in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

Cool, I didn't realize that #dirtybiker was a thing for FS2021. Happy to help, if needed. So, gravel and MTB rides count as #dirtybiker rides?...

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01-14-2021, 10:00 PM

JoM replied to a thread New Deal Pointless Prize in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

National Archives built under the New Deal with funding from WPA, from 1931-1937.

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