Annual holiday lights ride + walk returns for another year

On Friday, December 16, and Saturday, December 17, BPAC teamed up with the Alexandria SpokesWomen for our twelfth annual Alexandria holiday lights ride + walk. By bike and on foot, we admired the holiday decorations and festive lights in the Del Ray neighborhood. The creativity displayed on “Christmas Card Lane” on E. Luray drew “oohs” …

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BPAC leads third annual Halloween ride

Happy Halloween! BPAC celebrated the holiday by organizing our third annual Halloween ride through the spectacularly spooky streets of Del Ray. This year, we offered both a morning and evening ride. The route went past a graveyard filled with purple fog, a CarnEVIL, Boo Orleans, and many other well-decorated houses.  It was particularly fun to …

BPAC co-hosts Women’s Equality Day ride

On Saturday, August 27, BPAC joined forces with the Alexandria Spokeswomen and Alexandria Celebrates Women for a ride commemorating Women's Equality Day. About twenty people gathered on a warm summer morning for a six-mile ride from the Braddock Road metro station to Pentagon City. Along the way, we stopped near Annie Rose Avenue in Potomac …

BPAC hosts presidential history walk

BPAC kicked off Independence Day by organizing a presidential history walk on Monday, July 4. On a sunny summer morning, about 50 people -- and two special canine guests -- gathered for a walk around Old Town Alexandria to visit places associated with U.S. presidents. During the tour, we discussed the time that Thomas Jefferson …

BPAC organizes Black history ride

On Sunday, June 26, BPAC led a community ride to sites associated with Alexandria's extraordinary Black history. About thirty people -- including an adorable toddler in a bike trailer -- braved the heat, humidity, and hills on a twelve-mile ride around Old Town and central Alexandria. During the tour, we visited the childhood home of …