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Every Saturday and Sunday from 1pm to 4pm there is a free bike tour given by the National Park Rangers. It meets in front of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial, and you bring your own bike and water.

Yesterday I did the tour titled "Off the Beaten Path - Discover Lonely Landmarks" and it was a lot of fun.

The tour was lead by three full time rangers, and there were four of us in the group. We stopped at many memorials that I've seen driving by but never taken the time to really notice, and some that you would never find without being shown, such as the plaque for the first airmail delivery in US history, which departed from DC and was bound for New York, but the inexperienced pilot crashed in a field 20 miles in the wrong direction. The total ride was about 7 miles, and could be done by anybody but since we were on DC roads for some bits I wouldn't recommend small children.

The schedule of future tours is available as a PDF file.

Credit goes to my dad for discovering this great find.