Riding the Accokeek to Port Tobacco route. This is a great ride in Southern MD that follows some of the trail that was covered by John Wilkes Boothe as he attempted to alude the US authorities following the assasination of Abraham Lincoln. Really nice route, but had some issues. Some idiot in a white truck decided he needed to slow down to yell obscenties at me because I had the nerve to ride on the side of his road. I know, I know, I should know better than to use the roads he so rightfully paid for, but I just can't help myself! Then the ride turned out to be a bit longer than anticipated (50 miles in all) partially due to a wrong turn, but mostly because of a problem with the distance calculation on Mapmybike.com telling me it would be a 40 mile ride. Anywhoo this caused me to bonk at about 47 miles in, so I had to stop and get a snickers at a gas station. Overall a really fun ride and couldn't have asked for a nicer day.Saturday, June 21, 2008
Tracking Wilkes Boothe by Bike
Riding the Accokeek to Port Tobacco route. This is a great ride in Southern MD that follows some of the trail that was covered by John Wilkes Boothe as he attempted to alude the US authorities following the assasination of Abraham Lincoln. Really nice route, but had some issues. Some idiot in a white truck decided he needed to slow down to yell obscenties at me because I had the nerve to ride on the side of his road. I know, I know, I should know better than to use the roads he so rightfully paid for, but I just can't help myself! Then the ride turned out to be a bit longer than anticipated (50 miles in all) partially due to a wrong turn, but mostly because of a problem with the distance calculation on Mapmybike.com telling me it would be a 40 mile ride. Anywhoo this caused me to bonk at about 47 miles in, so I had to stop and get a snickers at a gas station. Overall a really fun ride and couldn't have asked for a nicer day.
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