🚀 go-pugleaf

Phil Koopman spent a whole bunch of time on the phone with me today 
discussing Cycle America 2000 in DC. He helped me to think through a 
lot of what needs to take place out there. After going over our route 
(at http://www.bikeroute.com/CycleAmerica2000) and the festivities I 
had thought we could hold in Mt Rainier, he suggested that we instead 
stage our ride out of a handful of locations on DC's border. With 
this in mind, he felt, and I now agree, that a party afterwards 
probably would not work.

Phil wants to use Unity Park across the street from his shop as the 
starting point for DC itself,. He and I also agreed that it would be 
great if Bill Kelly could bring riders in from Larry Black's College 
Park Bicycles. We also thought that the tiny town of Mt. Rainier 
wouldn't be too strapped if we could get them to base riders from 
there as well.

Phil also thought we should use nearby north Virginia (on the other 
side of the Potomac) as well as northwest Maryland (Bethesda) as 
staging areas. He suggested that I talk with with Ellen Jones at WABA 
for contacts in these areas.

Phil thought that I should see if we can bring the DC Courier people 
close to this and  that if we wanted to have music or any kind of 
fair that it would make far more sense to hold it on the mall itself 
as our route goes right through it. Phil seemed to think that getting 
permits with the Nat Park Service was not cost prohibitive. Perhaps 
Col. Dan can help us revisit the permit process for a scaled down 
version of what he initially had before them about a year ago? In 
addition, Phil says that if we were to need any kind of police 
escort, he works with the 500  strong DC bike police and that he 
might be able to help us there!

This is exciting!! WOW!!!!!!!

                 M  A  R  T  I  N     K  R  I  E  G
                      Attacking with Love
          Coma, Paralysis, Clinical Death Survivor
      '79 & '86 TransAm Vet, "Awake Again" Author
   TransAm w/us in 2000: http://www.BikeRoute.com
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