Originally Posted by balto charlie

Greetings: I grew up in Utah. Moved here 40 years ago. I'm still not use to the humidity. Weather out west is the best there is in the US, period! Sorry to inform you of that. I can handle the heat w/ no problem but when the humidity gets near the temps(95F-95RH) I start to wilt. I will say biking is still decent in those temps. Evaporative cooling on a bike ride is good especially if you wear the correct shirts and don't stop . Cotton will not cool as much as nylon type shirts. Sweat in the eyes kinda sucks.
The Waldorf area is a great cycling area. Roads are mostly flat to gently rolling. Many of the roads have little traffic. Some roads have bad rush hour traffic but bikers know the sneak routes.
Buses in dc and "some" surrounding areas have racks, all metro stations have bike racks or lockers, folding bikes w/ bags allowed on DC metro at rush hour, bikes (non folding) allowed on at other times, MARC(Balto to DC) allow folding bikes(no bag) only, racks are at most stations some have lockers, buses in balto do not have racks but that doesn't matter as they have a poor reputation for being on time. Waldorf probably doesn't even have a bus. In short: DC great subway system, fair bus system, Balto small subway(1 line), 1 light rail, bad bus system, MARC train is ok. I don't know waldorf but a safe bet is a poor mass transit system because it's in the suburbs. Might find an express bus to DC??
I hope you enjoy this area, it's been good to me. I still go west and often think about retiring out there.
Charlie