Cycling Around the Capital

Pedego’s Don DiCostanzo supplied the electric bikes and the two of us made our way around the National Mall visiting the attractions.

It was cold. Add a little breeze off the river and it was really cold. But it all makes for a memorable day here in D.C. the day before the one-day Women’s conference that kicks off the National Bike Summit.

This trip would be the first time I met up with Matt O’Toole since he left Newport Beach back in October for a job in Maryland. He suggested meeting up at Baked & Wired in Georgetown. This gave Don and I a purpose for our joyriding.

I met Thomas L. Bowden for the first time in person, Ted Johnson, too; it’s always nice to finally meet a Facebook friend. Champe Burnley would arrive a few hours later as we’re warming up over a few beers.

Two years ago I knew almost no one, so my experience was much lonelier. Frostbite aside, it’s a totally different visit this year.

Thomas Bowden, Matt O’Toole and Don DiCostanzo at Baked & Wired in Georgetown