Yes, I've eaten there on other occasions. Assuming the weather cooperates, I may have lunch tomorrow at the Vineyard Wine Bar in Havre de Grace, a place my wife and I stumbled on serendipitously two years ago while on a weekend road (cage) trip.
Maryland is ok, but Virginia is better[emoji4]A new player- GREAT!!! Welcome to Maryland, a state with a bit of nearly everything.
I'm glad you made the journey out to Mt Airy. You've now covered a tiny fraction of the very best MD has to offer.
Pretty certain I have been to that lighthouse before on my bicycle; all I have to do now is remember where it is.
Will definitely let you know when I am in the area. For what it's worth, I've avoided that part of the state because of the ugly, ugly traffic between my house and there; once out that way I know there are miles of quiet roads worth riding.
To date, given that the other currently-active players come from points west, I've made the decision to keep it within relatively easy reach of central MD so that it will not languish. According to my records, (a) your lighthouse has never been used as the MD tag so kudos for getting a new one in the game, and (b) it sat for over 800 days once in the days when the original poster was barred from moving their own tag. That rule has been recently modified, so maybe your area is more in play than it was before. It certainly will be if you elect to stay in the game.
Once again, welcome to MD and to MD Tag. Now, is there a "V" near you that could go add to the MD A to Z collection?
Well, if by "better" you mean "bigger", I'd agree. And there are certainly some great places to ride.
I haven't done a ton of riding in Maryland, but I have been checking out the tags to see if any are in my range. Unfortunately I sit 30 minutes due South of DC so that means an average of 3 hours roundtrip on the highway minimum for most. I prefer the 2 lane byways. . Unmarked are even better!! I'm just partial to Virginia, born and raised. My experience of MD is pretty much 295/270/70/BW pkwy, but there are some pretty views and overlooks from 270 and 70!
...which would be like a Marylander saying his experience of Virginia is 495, 66, 95 and 267. Not exactly checking out the best parts.
Ugh, yeah, that puts you in... what... Spotsylvania or King George counties? Not much of what you'd get to on the other side of the Nice bridge is going to be much to write home about; Maryland's better stuff is west of route 97. I live east of Leesburg, which makes getting to those parts an easy exercise.
I'm in Prince William County. I generally head west and/or South when I ride. . .I also ride in the Galax and surrounding area too, where my mom grew up. I haven't hit all of the counties in Virginia yet, I've only put 14,000 miles on my ST since I bought it last May so I'm still breaking it in.
EXACTLY!!!!This is why it took me 6 hours to do the round trip from eastern Harford County to Mt Airy and back. I also ran into this issue coming back from NC in July. It's crazy!
Actually, there's one 2.5 hours away across some possibly interesting roads. But I'll have to wait until I get back from OH after Labor Day and get my new tires mounted.
I'm glad you said that- I had the wrong lighthouse... I was looking at Piney Point, way down in St. Mary's County. Wouldn't I have been embarrassed to get there and realize I was not at the tag after all!?
I am as certain as I can be without actually having been to the spot. The CORRECT one can be verified using Google StreetView, whereas Piney Point could not. Plus, I caught the hint in DHall854's text as to where he lives. Piney Point isn't the right direction, or the right county.
If that is done, look for me in a couple of hours. I am headed your direction.
