Bike and Build ABC's

Every morning on our trip across the country, riders ran through their ABC's i.e. air, breaks, chain.  Today, a handful of Bike and Build alumni got together and we had a different set ABC's; they included included Alexandria, beers and chamois. 

We all grabbed our kits and Camelbacks and headed out to enjoy the crisp fall weather abnormally warm September weather.  The meeting spot this morning was the North side of the White House and as we waited for riders to arrive, some of us posed for pictures with tourists.  Maybe they thought we were all a part of a racing team?

The first stop of the morning was the Albert Einstein Memorial where everyone rubbed the nose to get a little bit of his smarts.  We of course took an obligatory "jelly" group shot.

After some debate, the six of us made our way over to the Mount Vernon Trail.  The second stop of the day was the Jones Point Lighthouse.  Fun fact: the lighthouse is one of the last river lighthouses still standing today.  Bernard is happy to be on the road again and doing something other than the commute to and from work.

Arden with the National Harbor in the background.  Never fear lady, you are blog famous again!

And Dan hamming it up with the hand pump.

The final stop was National Harbor where most people saw the Awakening statue for the first time.  (Disclaimer this photo was taken from a different trip) 

State lines are always a big deal for B&B riders.  Every once and a while teams would hit two or three state lines in one day; SUS 12 makee it to the Four Corners so we got definite bragging rights.  Today we rode through two states and the District; Arden is leading the charge from Maryland into Virginia on our way back to DC.  

After a cool 35ish miles we headed over to the Wonderland Ballroom for lunch and a couple of beers.  The only thing missing to make this a truly Bike and Build day was a road side nap.