Bicycling (Commute) 42:05 [3] 12.03 mi (3:30 / mi)
slept:6.0 weight:178.5lbs (injured)
From Rosedale Ave., Bethesda, MD to 12th & C St. SW, Washington, D.C. It was a delightfully cool morning. After dropping off Max I rode by myself and had a tailwind much of the time.
Bicycling (Commute) 44:54 [3] 11.85 mi (3:47 / mi)
(injured)
From 12th & C. St. SW, Washington, D.C. to Rosedale Ave., Bethesda, MD. I rode home feeling a bit tired and kept a steady pace. One cyclist caught and past me. He seemed a bit older. I quickly lost him as we encountered other cyclist traffic. Much later, another caught me again. The younger rider on the mountain bike helped me along till Bethesda. I was under 40 minutes at Max's day care. Some other kids were still there and asked me the usual funny questions about riding and Max's trailer. As I was getting hitched, I saw Jon Torrance zooming along going the other way headed into the tunnel.
Orienteering (Field Checking) 2:02:44 [1] 2.5 mi (49:06 / mi)
(injured)
Rock Creek Park, MD. From Norbeck Rd. (Rte. 28) I walked around field checking the eastern most parts of Rock Creek Park, east of Mark Twain School. This area is greeener than stuff which I'd been mapping lately. There was a large area of fallen trees on the east side of the ridge which was passable at a slow pace and it has some features in it. I traced the edges by walking with a GPS. Just west of this are some great woods with ocassional boulders and small ruined cairns. I fould various other point features on the way toward an from Lake Frank. There was an old 1950s car near a former stream dam that was kind of cool. A man living nearby thought I was kid whom he'd been trying to catch drinking there and tossing bottles. I didn't see any. Cleared of being a threat after explaining to him why I was mapping (It seemed that he had heard of adventure racing), the man went on to warn me about some aggressive bucks deer in the area who were getting ready to charge his kids when they tried to see some fawns. I traced the edges of the downfall, ditches and other things until it was nearly dark. I'll have to go back to finish field checking this area but it is mostly nicer woods that remain.