Monday, September 22, 2014

Day one, DC to mount Vernon

How about that, survived the first day.

My plan today was to arrive at the airport, set up my bike, ride into D.C.quickly and check out the white house then (assuming I don't get offered a job in cabinet) blast down
the road to a campsite outside of town. I got into DC, saw the whitehouse and then i had a craving for some miles (I also ate a hotdog because the whitehouse have me a craving for food too).

Everything was going well into I hear a little ping and turns out I broke a spoke. Luck of all lucks though, it happened literally two blocks outside of a bike shop. A quick fifty dollar fix and about an hour and a half of my time and I'm back on the road.

I was cycling along this bike route called the mount Vernon trail. When the trail ended I assumed that I was in mount Vernon, made sense right? Where I was was at this weird mansion that also had crystal and diamond shops. I accidentally biked into what might have been the richest part of the country. So classy. In the end that was the rich part of mount Vernon and near the highway it is less classy.

I biked a little further and found a quality inn where I am spending the night. Stats for the day are low and unimpressive but I didn't get started until after 1 pm and had the broken spoke.... Also some data was deleted somehow. Tomorrow should be better.

Daily distance: 32.68 miles
Total distance: 32.68 miles

Weird thing, the quality inn that I'm staying at is really into tooting their own horn. Walk through the door and BAM, "have some of our lemonade". Get in the door and BAM, " our mattresses are comfy and sheets are 200 thread count ". Walk in the bathroom and BAM, " our shower head has five settings and we use a curved shower curtain ". I get it quality inn, you are named quality inn so you don't need to try this hard to convince me.

2 comments:

  1. I've been patiently awaiting the return of Bradshaw blog, and the fact that this one includes bike trip makes it that much better.

    Who brags about 200 thread count sheets haha? Unless we're talking 1,000+ and/or Egyptian cotton, I need no info.

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  2. Bike by the White House....Check. Good luck buddy.

    Sizzle

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