Since we've had continued storms, I decided to avoid paths that seemed
like they had danger of mud. That led me to the College Park Trolley
Trail. I started out on my usual path and was happy when I crossed
Paint Branch Road and got to the less-crowded part of the trail. Since
the maps I've been posting are probably not too interesting to those
who don't live around here, I broke out my camera mount to take a few
pictures.

Good timing, too, because right after that, a deer crossed the trail.

On Thursday, I turned right towards the University, but today I headed
north along Rhode Island Avenue. I was pleasantly surprised that the
trail only followed the road for a few blocks before becoming a
separate trail again.

After 24 minutes of riding (my GPS tracks moving time and stopped time
separately), I made it to Greenbelt Road, a busy thoroughfare that I'd
have to walk my bike across. Unfortunately, at this point, the skies
opened up, so I decided to head back. Because the rain was, at times,
heavy, I tried to see how fast I could make the return trip.
22-and-a-half minutes. Longer, really, since I slipped my chain and
spent several minutes getting it fixed with the help of friendly
passers-by -- I'll have to do bike maintenance and cleaning on a
sunnier day (hopefully tomorrow). Anyway, as always, I was happy to
make progress on a new route. Given more time and less rain, it should
be pretty easy to make it up to the businesses north on Rhode Island
Avenue.

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Posted By Jon to Android's Dungeon at 6/20/2009 04:29:00 PM