Sky Meadows State Park

David Cristeal (foreground), Jeff Dalhoff (background)

Six of us pulled out of the Java Shack Saturday the morning of 20 March. Those present for the ride were David Cristeal, Stephen Wade, Joel Franklin, Matthew Wright, Ken Matthews and Jeff Dalhoff. At downtown Vienna, we picked up the seventh and final guy to join us – David Patton.

The route started on Wilson Blvd. heading westbound towards Ballston and onto the last piece of the Custis Trail, before joining the route of the day – the W&OD Trail (an old rail line converted to multiuse trail).

The route for the trip wuold take us to the end of the W&OD in Purcellville. En route, we passed through Falls Church, Vienna, Reston, Herndon and Ashburn. Leesburg was the final town before arriving in Purcellville for a late lunch. We were so tempted to stop at the BBQ place in Ashburn but pushed on and used the stop for refueling only.