Bill Kelly shared an album with you. [Anacostia Trail Extension]


Hi HoCo Bike Folks and Cyclists of Md. I would like to render a short overall view of the Anacostia Trail Extension on Friday Nov 4, 2011 in Bladensburg. At which I represented for Folks from BAHC. Somewhere close 150 Cyclists/Polictians gathered on the banks of the Anacostia River to cut the ribbon on a 1 1/2 mile extension of the trail on the east side of the river crossing into DC and the ten miles(Planned) into the heart of the Nation’s Capital. There was a complete gathering of the Who/Who’s in the Bike World and Elected Officials. I will try to mention a few I remember. Gov. O’Malley,(Does Ride a Bike) Sen.Ben Cardin(Avid Cyclists), Rushern Baker-Co. Exec. Prince George’s Co. Mayor Gray-DC, Sec of Trans LaHood, Dep. Sec John Porcari,(the Most Dedicated Bike Supporter-Wilson Bridge Bike Way)Sec. of Interior- Ken Salazar, Sen. Paul Pinsky, Co. Council Eric Olson, Mayors of all the neighboring towns, Darrell Mobley MDOT/SHA Adm., David Whitaker Dep. Planning, Micahel Jackson, MDOT Bike, Steve Carr-DNR, Jennifer Toole –Toole Design-RJ Elridge,, Carol, Sildorff-Bike Md., Jim Hudnall-OHBTC, Jim Swift- Chair MBPAC-Jim Titus-MBPAC, Fred Shaffer-MNCPPC-. Eileen Nivera-MNCPPC. Nate Evans-Bike Balt., Bob Patten-Toole Design, Del Barbara Frush,Jim Sebastion DC-Bike, Alex Obriecht-RacePace Bikes, Dustin Kudzar-SHA-Bike and many-many that I can’t recall. I was fortunate in that I was able to speak with just about all the important folks there and thank them for their Great Support of Biking in Md. and that we were looking forward to connecting Baltimore through Howard Co. to DC. We all road the 1 1/2 mile extension and just about all the Big Folks including Go. O’Malley-his nine old old son Jack, Sec. Salazar and many kids because there were out of school on Friday. There was a nice wooden boardwalk along the river. The Boardwalk/Trail was mostly 10’, but was narrowed down to 8’ because we believe they installed the railings backward and took away 2 ’of important riding space. All in all it was a beautiful day for a Bike Ride and all showed great support for Batter/Safer Biking in Maryland. We left the ribbon cutting with the great feeling that we had great support for Biking from the Feds-State-Counties-Park Services-Elected Officials-Citizens of Md. and many of the folks who ride their Bikes in Md. Check out the photo album about this wonderful Bike Day in Maryland.

Thanks,
Bill Kelly –BAHC

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by B' Spokes

Like most people I live a hectic life and who has the time for much exercise? Thanks to xtracycle now I do. By using my bike for daily activities I can get things done and get an hour plus work out in 15 minutes extra of my time, not a bad deal and beats taking the extra time going to the gym. In case you are still having trouble being motivated; the National Center of Disease Control says that inactivity is the #2 killer in the United States just behind smoking. ( http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/bb_nutrition/ ) Get out there and start living life! I can carry home a full shopping cart of groceries, car pool two kids or just get lost in the great outdoors camping for a week. Well I got go, another outing this weekend.
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