May 24-25: Two Meetings Out in Chantilly, First Back to Back Rides

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I had two meetings for work on back to back days out near Chantilly, VA on May 24 and 25th. I found a way to get out there, reusing much of the path out to Costco from earlier in the month. Unfortunately much of the ride is on a side path that follows the busy, and loud US 50 west from Fairfax. As you can see from the above shot, the path has several dangerous grade crossings of the acceleration ramps onto US 50 like this one from NB Fairfax County Parkway. The route also incorporated a fair weather crossing of the Rocky Run stream. I would not take the kids on this route but it was fun riding instead of sitting in traffic.

On the return trip the second day I took a detour to Home Depot to pick up some bamboo stakes for the church garden then I delivered them to church via the side path of VA-7100 before heading home. This added about 2.5 additional miles to the trip but it was a beautiful day to ride.