Guus Bosman

Saturday I went on a rather ambitious bike trip: I visited the Great Falls, using a great bike route.

While early in the morning it was cloudy, when I left at 10.00 am the sun was shining brightly.

I started the route in Georgetown, just like the Lost Blossom Tour did. Somewhere half-way I made a wrong turn -- I took the Capital Crescent trail into DC, which I though had a connection to 2nd trail back towards the Falls, but it didn't. With this detour it took me quite a while to get there, but around 1.00 pm I made it to the Great Falls Overlook.

The first time I was at the Great Falls (with Jaap and Mieke), I was at the Virginia side of the river, this time I took the C&O Towpath on the Maryland side. The first part of the route was busy -- there was a MS Walk going on -- but after a few miles the road became very quiet, and it is truly a beautiful ride.

I had lunch in a nice outdoor place. On my way back I used the Chain Bridge to cross the Potomac into Virginia, and took Militairy Road to get back home.

Some pictures.