It's better Outdoors

Join us as we ride the Schuylkill River Trail (SRT) from Lloyd Hall at Boathouse Row to the Conshohocken Brewery to meetup with the Xplore N More group - about 11 miles each way
We'll be at the Brewery for about 45 minutes or enough for 2 beers (they close at 8)
XNM will be riding from the KOP area - if you'd rather start there, you can RSVP to that event here: https://www.meetup.com/xplorenmorephilly/events/307805838

We'll be riding in the dark coming back so make sure you have some kind of lights with you - bike and/or head lamps!

This stretch of the SRT is mostly paved but has a couple miles section of gravel and boardwalk. Most bikes are ok with this but for road bikes that have very thin tires, you may want to plan to take a detour around that section*

We ride at about 12-14 miles an hour
and usually stop 2-3 times during this ride to let stragglers catch up, but we don't stop for too long
if you're really far behind, you'll just have to catch us at the brewery

Meet outside the public restrooms at Lloyd Hall at 6pm, we'll be riding by 6:15, so if you're late, you'll have to catch up

*detour - if you don't want to do the gravel/boardwalk section of the SRT that most of us will take...
the gravel/boardwalk section starts at the intersection of Lock St and Main St in Manayunk
instead of taking the canal path, stay on Main Street until Leverington Ave, turn right onto Leverington, then immediate left onto Umbria, follow Umbria (big hill) until it meets with Shawmont Ave, then take the sharp left onto Shawmont Ave and regroup with the group at the Shawmont Station at the bottom of the hill

We're going to hike the Wissahickon meadows at Sunset and then moonlight
6.5 miles over rocks, branches, roots, and creeks

It's not a full moon, but this particular path shouldn't be too bad in terms of obstacles although red lights are ok if needed
and the almost-full moon should provide enough light to see by since it rises at 2:30pm and will be up in the sky when we start to hike
this is a later-then-usual night hike which means the sunset doesn't set until 8:25 so the plan is:

meet at Bells Mill East Parking lot by 7:30
hiking by 7:45 (with or without you)

we should see the sunset in the Andorra Meadow and then have full dark with the moon in the sky for the Houston Meadow

I anticipate this to be done maybe 10ish, but depends on how fast we move

You can bring a light with you for those moments of "just in case" but a red light is preferred if possible

WILL CANCEL FOR RAIN or drizzle

My 3 rules for night hikes are:
1. Don't point your light in someones eyes
2. Always make sure you can see the person in front of you, if they are so far ahead that you cannot see them, walk faster! (seriously)
3. It's not rude to pass someone who is not keeping up, it's rude of them to not be keeping up

NO +1's...everyone must be a member to join us, just have your friends join the group (it's free) and RSVP to the event