ErinSlick

I am writing this letter to remind you that not all of your residents live along the W&OD Bike path. That said, it would be great if sometimes, just sometimes, you finished a bike path, instead of illogically ending it in the middle of nowhere.

I was elated to see that you extended the path behind my house in the woods along Braddock Road. I rode and rode, happy as a little clam. I even rode with my legs flailing out to the side to show my sheer joy at riding my bike along a new path. Then 3.76 miles into my ride, I came to an abrupt stop. I had to stop because the path ended in the middle of nowhere. I had three choices: I could turn around; I could bushwhack my way through the woods and find another path home, or I could brave traffic, cross the street and ride along the side of the road. Since I prefer not to lose my limbs to the Northern Virginia drivers who have ZERO awareness of bikers along the road, I bushwhacked my way to another path. And guess what I found? The path ended in the woods and then about 1/2 mile away, it started up again. How is this logical? Was it really that much more expensive to make the two paths meet? I’m just curious.

While I realize your lives would be a whole lot easier if we all lived along the W&OD path, but we don’t.. so please help us out. Build some paths that the rest of us can ride on.

Thanks!