Bicycle Fun Club: President’s Day Ride

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    Judd
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    Mark your calendars! Save the date! The February edition of the Bicycle Fun Club will occur on Presidents Day on Monday, February 20th. I’ll be leading a ride chock full of sites and useless trivia related to Unites States Presidents. I have a general idea of some sites that we’ll visit (about 10) and length (about 20 miles) but I’m still doing some research and working out the route. Stay tuned to this thread for additional details.

    Date: Monday, February 20th
    Time: Gather at 10:30 and ride at 11:00
    Place: Starbucks at 1501 17th St N – https://goo.gl/maps/Ex7BZDauwfw

    Did you know?: Although Presidents Day was first created to celebrate the birth of President George Washington, the holiday doesn’t ever occur on his actual birthday (February 22nd) anymore.

    Frequently Asked Questions about the BFC:
    Q: What’s the Bicycle Fun Club?
    A: The Bicycle Fun Club is a (usually) monthly bicycle ride that is casually paced and involves visiting some site or event. Past events have included a visit to Great Falls, and multiple Christmas light viewing rides.

    Q: Is the Bicycle Fun Club way more fun than Steve O’s Midnight Saddles Rides?
    A: Yes! They’re twice the fun and they avoid all the indigestion from late night greasy diner food.

    #1065177
    Judd
    Participant

    Are you getting amped for the President’s Day Ride yet? The date and time have been set.

    Date: Monday, February 20th
    Time: Gather starting at 10:30 and ride at 11:00
    Place: Starbucks at 1501 17th St N – https://goo.gl/maps/Ex7BZDauwfw

    How is Rosslyn tied to the resignation of a U.S. President? You’ll find out at our first stop!

    #1065183
    streetsmarts
    Participant

    And a history lesson too! It’s on the calendar. Thanks for organizing!

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    #1065193
    Sunyata
    Participant

    I am likely in for this. It sounds like the perfect recovery ride after Monster Cross.

    #1065202
    Steve O
    Participant

    I regret to inform you that I will be flying back from my Cayman Islands SCUBA trip on this day and will be unable to attend.
    So sad.

    #1065204
    Judd
    Participant

    @Sunyata 154057 wrote:

    I am likely in for this. It sounds like the perfect recovery ride after Monster Cross.

    That’s good! Because you definitely don’t want to miss out on learning what DC Presidential monument once contained a quarter mile bicycle track!

    #1065243
    Bob James
    Participant

    I plan on attending ride. Thanks for organizing Judd.

    #1065251
    Judd
    Participant

    @Bob James 154111 wrote:

    I plan on attending ride. Thanks for organizing Judd.

    It seems that Bob James is interested in learning how the Watergate Hotel got it’s name. Old people will remember the Watergate Hotel as the site of the 1972 break in of the Democratic National Headquarters that ultimately led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon.

    Don’t let Bob James be the only person to know this piece of trivia! Plan to attend the awesome Bicycle Fun Club Presidents Day Ride!

    #1065252
    Edelweiss
    Participant

    Judd,

    Will there be a stop on your route for some Presidential celebratory doughnuts?

    Kate

    #1065253
    AlanA
    Participant

    This sort of sounds like fun. Assuming that the weather is tolerable, I’ll do my best to make it. Although, I will got lots of extra miles coming from the boonies of MD.

    Now If I could only get tech savvy and figure a way to get some type of reminder of this. (I’m old, and my mind isn’t what it used to be!!) :confused:

    #1065254
    Judd
    Participant

    @Edelweiss 154121 wrote:

    Judd,

    Will there be a stop on your route for some Presidential celebratory doughnuts?

    Kate

    There is a very strong possibility that we will stop at the John F Kennedy Center for the performing Arts and eat a doughnut in honor of President Kennedy’s June 26, 1963 proclamation that, “I am a jelly doughnut.”

    #1065256
    Edelweiss
    Participant

    @Judd 154123 wrote:

    There is a very strong possibility that we will stop at the John F Kennedy Center for the performing Arts and eat a doughnut in honor of President Kennedy’s June 26, 1963 proclamation that, “I am a jelly doughnut.”

    JFK enjoys a Berliner.

    #1065260
    shardg
    Participant

    Sounds fun, I’m in

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    #1065273
    chuxtr
    Participant

    Will we make America great again?

    #1065277
    Judd
    Participant

    @chuxtr 154135 wrote:

    Will we make America great again?

    We will at least make biking great again! This ride is definitely going to be Yuuuuuge and bigly.

    We also will pass by the Trump Hotel on the ride.

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