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PWF Take Two

Our second take at the Prince William Forest Park was a success.  No flats BUT we had to cut it short due to the heat and being so late.  Nonetheless this was a good workout.  I think this may be a new regular.
Posted by: admin on July 16, 2010
Filed under: cycling

PWF

Not much to say about this ride other than BEAUTIFUL.  Everything was going well until a tiny little pebble decided to puncture Britt's tire.
Posted by: admin on July 12, 2010
Filed under: cycling

19.21

Today was BEAUTIFUL!!! I decided to go out before the heatwave hit us too hard. I started off on the Fredericksburg Canal again, this time however instead of a little detour I decided to be a bit more adventurous. I started by riding around downtown watching everyone enjoy the festivities at the Heritage Festival. I meandered my way back to the beginning of the canal. I rode down the canal again this time cooling down for what I wanted to be something a little bit longer and a tad bit tougher. Instead of heading down toward the river I chose to head UP William St. and ride thru the campus of UMW. I headed back down toward the river and then across the Chatham Bridge towards Pratt Park. I ended up turning around somewhere between 17 and Rt1. I headed back downtown and picked up the canal path for a cool down. I wrapped things up and checked my iPhone and to my surprise I had just traveled 19.21 miles. Go me!

Posted by: admin on July 4, 2010
Filed under: cycling

Downtown Again

We have been telling ourselves that we were going to start going back to the gym again. Friday was supposed to be our first day back....we went biking instead. I don't regret it. The weekends are for biking the weeks will be for the gym.

This time out I was able to get Britt to venture out into the road a little bit more. We went to our usual, the Fredericksburg Canal, and towards the end of the path we took a detour thru some of the more residential areas of Fredericksburg. It was a shame we didn't have any cash with us since we were close to Carl's.

Posted by: admin on July 3, 2010
Filed under: cycling

Fred Canal/Downtown

This past Sunday was Father's Day.  What better way to celebrate it that waking up early (eight or nine is as early as I will get Britt to wake up) and riding bikes?  The decision was made to go back to Frederickburg and ride the canal.  The heat was pretty wicked, even so early in the day so we didn't ride for too long.  Again we saw plenty of turtles bathing in the sun.  About three quarters of our way through we decided we'd take a little detour.  Instead of turning around at the end of the path we turned down one of the side streets in downtown strolling through some of the more residential roads of downtown.  Unfortunately our detour only lasted a few minutes before we found our way back to the path.  We were, however, able to avoid a bridge that requires us to dismount our bikes.
Posted by: admin on June 22, 2010
Filed under: cycling

Arabian – Wild Pony Series

Arabian – Wild Pony Series was quite a bit harder to find than we thought it was going to be.  We didn’t run into any muggles but the terrain offered a few distractions.  There was a decent amount of over growth, hills, fences, etc. This was actually Britt’s first real find.  The iPhone GPS helped get us narrow it down to about a 25′ radius and while I was looking where I thought it was going to be hidden Britt was off by herself.  Next thing I hear is, “Found it!”  We signed the log, which was a little weathered, and put everything back where we found it. We’ve been documenting our finds by taking a picture close to the location but far enough to not give it’s exact location away.  After taking a picture we try to post something on twitter, so keep an eye out for our future finds.
Posted by: admin on June 18, 2010
Filed under: geocaching

Fredericksburg Canal

This ride wasn’t planned out, originally the plan was to goto Prince William Forest Park.  Things changed though when we found out that the park was hosting the United States Marine Corps Crossroads 17.75.  So…out the computer came.  I was determined to ride, and Brittany didn’t want to ride somewhere with too much traffic.  After some research our destination was determined, the Fredericksburg Canal. The canal is only 1.8 miles but is a surprisingly scenic ride.  We started out on the Fall Hill Ave. side of the path.  On our first lap we stopped for a few minutes because there was the largest painted turtle either of us has ever seen.  It’s shell was atleast 12 inches across.  We rode 4 laps due to a hair appointment I had at 12:30.
Posted by: admin on June 13, 2010
Filed under: cycling

Winter Heat

After the physical therapy appointment, when we probably should have been on our way home, we had the urge to see if we could find a couple more caches.  First up, Winter Heat, a cache not to far from Lime It or Love It.  This one, however, proved to be a little more of a challenge for Team Neigh.  I had a hunch of where it was as soon as we got there but didn’t check.  After about 15 minutes of searching, and almost giving up, I decided to check my original spot.  Well what do you know? It was exactly where I had initially thought it was going to be.  I guess I should have gone on my gut instinct the hole time.  Oh well, this was a fun one.  We got yelled at by someone in a car, “WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR!?!?”  It gave me a good laugh.
Posted by: admin on June 9, 2010
Filed under: geocaching

Lime It or Love It

This was a quick cache and dash before heading to Britt’s final physical therapy session.  It only took us a minute or so to find this one.  This definitely gave us some confidence that this is something we can do.  We forgot our pen so Britt went to the car to get it real quick.  While she was gone I was approached by a couple muggles (according to Geocaching.com muggles are non-geocachers) and asked what I was doing.  I told them I was geocaching and gave them a brief description as to what it is and they went on their way.  Signed this one and got out of there!
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Cache 421

This was the cache that stole our geocaching virginity, we will never forget it.  After a few attempts at a couple other caches (one in a Wal-Mart parking lot), Cache 421 was Team Neigh’s first find.  Strategically located in one of our most frequently visited shopping centers in Stafford this cache can be easy to find or offer a little bit of a challenge. Since this was our first we didn’t know exactly what to look for.  Finally, I saw something that seemed to be a bit out of place.  Upon further inspection this was the canister used to hold the list of everyone who has found the cache.  Out came the pen and we were on our way home. The iPhone’s GPS proved to be fairly accurate this go around.  I don’t know if the attempts earlier in the day were unsuccessful due to our inexperience or the shady iPhone GPS.
Posted by: admin on June 8, 2010
Filed under: geocaching
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