Washington D.C. to Bowie

July 19
35 miles

When we woke up at 6 am it was already hot and humid. The group had breakfast at the Hotel Harrington and then headed out of the city at 7:30am.

Breakfast in DC

Riding out of D.C


Six of us rode out of D.C. as a group for three miles but we made a wrong turn and had to back track a bit.

Then we got on several trails and caught up with Nancy. There were many turns to pay attention to so I asked Sean to follow Nancy all the way to the hotel. At this point we joined up with Susan, Ziva, Margaret, and Karen.

On one of the many trails


Checking directions


After 10 a.m. it got very hot and we were now sweating a lot. We stopped at a mall with a grocery store and walked our bikes in the mall. After having cold drinks we hit the road again.



We finally got to the Hampton Inn in Bowie, Maryland. Sean and I tried to go to a movie in the cinemas next door but the times were not convenient. For dinner, Sean and I waked over to TGIF. And then went to the nightly meeting around 8 p.m.