OK, so today started out with me snapping awake at 5:30 AM to the feeling of a tooth floating around in my mouth; one of my temporary crowns had come off. I ran to the bathroom where I managed to pop it back on, but with the adrenaline flowing there was no way I was getting back to sleep - just as well, since my goal was to be out the door seven-ish and getting out the door quickly in the morning is not one of my strengths (in contrast, Valerie can wake up at 7:30 and still manage to get out the door by 7 😅). Why was I leaving so early on a Saturday? I was participating in the Great Pumpkin Ride in Warrenton, VA. The GPR is an annual Halloween-weekend fundraiser which takes riders through lovely fall colors in rural Fauquier County. The ride offers three lengths: this year, 24, 49, and sixty-something miles. Every year a group of us BikeArlington/Freezing Saddles riders coordinate costumes for the ride. In past years we've been Muppets, Mario Brothers and Hello Kitty characters, ...
One man's journey into the great outdoors of Washington, DC and its environs.