I have a hotel reservation im about to cancel at the Afton Inn. I was looking forward to this getway and taking my wife. However, since this date will be 1 year ago that my Mother In Law passed away, my wife is loath to leave her dad by himself.

It'll be line painting for the Bay Country Century for me.


Patapso Ride update.

Saturday i needed about an hours worth of easy peddleing. Having picked up some moto parts from Speeds Cycle right near Levering, i went an paid my 2 bucks to get into the park. I had my bike and kit in the back of the Jeep. I was wanting to discover for myself the connection to Ilchester I had heard about a couple days earlier from some teamates. At first i went down the wrong side and ended up dead ended at the dam on the wrong side of the river. What i was told was that River Rd runs all the way thru now. What i wasnt told was that it wasnt really river road that went thru but the old rail trail on the Balto county side of the park. Once i figured that out, i decided to keep on going out on River Rd road past the abandoned mill. I had no idea where this road went but i kept on going. At the fork i turned right up Thistle. It turned out to be a nice gradual climb all the way out to Frederick Rd. I knew the steeper Hilltop Road to go to Frederick Road. But i didnt want to go that way, what with Ilchester repeats from 3 days earlier still fresh on my mind. I had always thought the fork to the left at the mill was a dead end road. Having just checked a map it turns out that River Rd goes all the way to Ellicott City. And to my surpise at the time It turned out that Thistle went out to Frederick road a little closer down the hill toward Ellicott City from Hilltop Rd. Once Thistle dumped me onto Frederick Rd, i continued up the hill, a little harder climb than Thistle Rd, up past the Candlelight Inn and on to a right turn on Rolling Rd. Now i knew where i was. I went to school at Catonsville Comm College and UMBC. From that turn it was pure bliss of a 5-6 mile downhill run all the way back to the park entrance by way of St. Denis and Relay. The roads to take are S. Rolling to a bear left on Selford Ave, just past the Park & Ride, down the hill to a right at the stop sign onto Francis Road. Francis road to a left on S. Rolling Rd. Follow all the signs to the Park until you hit the Park entrance and go back into the park.

Or...for a more challenging 13 mile loop

Go past the park entrance to Rt-1, turn right and go to a right turn on Levering. Take Levering to a l/t on Laywers Hill. Climb the hill and keep on Lawyers Hill Rd to a r/t on Montgomery. Take Montgomery to a r/t on Landing Rd. Follow Landing all the way to a r/t on Illchester and return to the point of entry back into the park.

Sounds like fun eh?

Do it backwards for a real leg breaker.