TOUR DE HAMPTON: AIR POWER PARK - PROJECT MERCURY ASTRONAUT BRIDGES

C Pace (12-14mph rolling)
~ 18 miles with one rest stop.
9:00 AM brief for a 9:15 AM roll
Location - Air Power Park, 413 W Mercury Blvd., Hampton, VA. Brief at the Project Mercury capsule.
Rest stop: Bluebird Gap Farm.
Started in 1958, at NASA Langley Research Center, Project Mercury was the United States' first manned spacecraft program. Mercury Blvd. and Commander Shepard Blvd. are named for the project and the first American astronaut. Local bridges are named in honor of the other six Project Mercury astronauts. On this ride we will ride over these bridges with brief comments on our nation's first space explorers.

Note: Please bring helmet, full water bottles / hydration pack. Recommend mirror and bell due to traffic, also a lock while we at the Carousel.  

Each attendee must register for themselves which includes accepting the following:                                                                                                             

I have read this agreement, fully understand its terms, understand that I have given up substantial rights by initialing it, and have initialed it freely and without any inducement or assurance of any nature and intend it to be a complete and unconditional release of all liability to the greatest extent allowed by law and agree that if any portion of this agreement is held to be invalid the balance, not withstanding, shall continue in full force and effect.