Leader: Steve Palincsar

Members: Anonymous User, Lisa Oken, Janell Saunders, Joan Oppel, Pat Colvin, Linda Bankerd, Patricia Sanders, Sherwood Byers and Ron Altemus

Guests: none

Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/26920630  28.2 mi, 696' elevation gain

Weather: Hot and humid, what else?  The day started off overcast, but by the time we reached the rest stop at Marshall Hall, what is usually a pleasant oasis was more like inside that device you see in a 7/11 where the hot dogs rotate, sweating out their grease as they slowly turn.

AMS: 12.2

Mechanicals/Mishaps: none

Report: We started out together, but by the time we reached the turn onto Fenwick we were strung out.  Some skipped Fenwick and stayed on Marshall Hall, others were on the way back. 

After a very pleasant trip down a meandering wooded lane with views of the Potomac we reached the end of Marshall Hall Rd.  Out in the sun it was too hot to take a rest stop there there, so those of us not already on the way back stopped in the shade at the end of Riverside for a break.

Some in the group had never been on Fenwick and Riverside, and really enjoyed the surprising rural seclusion and, of course, the shade.   It's always a treat to show riders these hidden delights for the first time.

Back in the cool of the shade on Barrys Hill and left on Old Marshall Hall, those of us who hadn't already come and gone and those who skipped the out-and-back, stopped at the Welcome sign for a photo op before heading back to the Firehouse, arriving, as promised, by noon.