Life finally returned to normal this week. The big proposal swallowed up the first part of the week, but I managed to get a quick 22 miles in on Wednesday before sunset. A short but relaxing route toward Elkridge ... past the prisons and Race Road before turning around near Timbuktu and Gunnings. Both of these restaurants are local institutions. Gunnings is one of the better crab houses in the Baltimore area, and has been around since the early 70's.
Finally got a few longer rides in on Friday and over the weekend. The first ride of 43 miles meandored to Glenelg, not too far from Leah's school (Glenelg Country School). From there, I continued toward Glenwood, Unity, and past the Howard Chapel Cemetery. The cemetery is the burial ground of the ancestors of the original African American community of Howard Chapel. Enoch George Howard (1814-1896) and his wife Harriet Ann Lee Howard (1808-1882) founded Howard Chapel in 1862. In addtion to the cemetery, the land included the Howard School (1880) and four homesteads. I continued on New Hampshire Avenue to Sandy Spring. The Sandy Spring Museum is a great source of information on the area and local history. I returned home past Highland and the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab. Highland is still pretty rural, but has seen a lot of new larger homes built over the the last 10 years. It is home to Highland Day (just missed it ... it was last week!), a typical small town fall fesitival with a nice group of artisans. I finished pretty tired (not surprising given my 2+ week hyetius). Check out the route below on mapmyride.com:
Sunday's ride (33 miles) included a stop for a haircut in River Hill and past the scene of the dreaded dog attack ... as usual, all was quiet there.
