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9 Jan 2023

Susan’s Hula Hooping Journey is a True Greenbelt Story

by Susan Harris | posted in: Fun Stuff, Sports/Recreation |

I started blogging back in 2005 (about the gardening world) but what prompted me to start my first VIDEO blog – a “vlog” – was living in Greenbelt. Yes, it was seeing the fun that people of all ages were … Read More

7 Dec 2022

Badminton Comes to Greenbelt

by Susan Harris | posted in: Sports/Recreation |

When Peter Teuben moved to Greenbelt in 2021 he saw no signs here of the sport he’d been playing all his life – badminton. Then during the Labor Day Festival he noticed a badminton event, so took the opportunity to … Read More

9 Sep 2022

A Bike Trail from Eleanor Roosevelt HS to NASA?

by Susan Harris | posted in: Sports/Recreation, Transportation |

by Jeff Lemieux for GreenbeltNASAtrail.org On Monday August 8th, Mayor Emmett Jordan and I rode from Eleanor Roosevelt High School to NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, and on to Good Luck Road and DuVal HS. How did we do it? … Read More

21 Sep 2021

Where Greenbelters go Cycling – Updated, with new App!

by Susan Harris | posted in: Sports/Recreation |

UPDATED SEPTEMBER 2021, with thanks to ride organizer Dave Whiteman, who also has an awesome app to recommend for cycling routes –  Ride with GPS. Here’s some details Dave provided about it: Most popular routing app with best tools in … Read More

14 Nov 2020

News for Local Cyclists – Proteus and Bike Trails!

by Susan Harris | posted in: Business, Sports/Recreation |

With the great cycling weather we’ve been having, I stopped by my bike shop of choice – Greenbelt-owned Proteus Bicycles in College Park – and discovered something new – their Proteus Brews coffee shop is now open, and Proteus has … Read More

14 Mar 2020

Best Walking Routes in Old Greenbelt

by Susan Harris | posted in: Outdoors, Environment, Sports/Recreation |

As a regular outdoor walker for exercise and the sheer pleasure of being outdoors, I’d been frustrated in my search for walking routes around Old Greenbelt. My own attempts had resulted in deadends, stretching of walking in the street and … Read More

18 Jun 2018

Dem Raider Boyz, Greenbelt’s Champion Steppers

by Susan Harris | posted in: Kids, Sports/Recreation |

Hailing from Eleanor Roosevelt High School are Dem Raider Boys, the team that recently won another national championship! Watch their winning performance.     Thanks to GATE’s Andy Zmidzinski for interviewing a coach and some of the steppers and filming a … Read More

Dem Raider Boyz, Eleanor Roosevelt High School, stepping
4 Apr 2018

Where Greenbelters go Cycling

by Susan Harris | posted in: Food/Health/Fitness, Sports/Recreation |

Greenbelt is a great place for cyclists! Here are some Greenbelters’ favorite routes, groups and more. (Got another route to suggest?  Email editor@greenbeltonline.com) Routes from Old Greenbelt Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC)  is a favorite with Greenbelters, with its 6,600 acres … Read More

22 Feb 2018

Greenbelters: Where do you go Bicycling?

by Susan Harris | posted in: Sports/Recreation |

by John Campanile As I write this, outside is a bright and balmy 55 degrees, with a forecast high of 70. In the dead of February, no less. A nice day to do practically anything outside, including a bike ride. … Read More

cycling, potomac pedalers, proteus bikes, waba
16 Jan 2018

Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety in Greenbelt

by Analytic Design | posted in: Sports/Recreation |

by John Campanile Being relatively new to Greenbelt – having moved to Our Fair City in December 2016 – I have explored both on- and off-street trails and roads in and around Greenbelt. From what I’ve seen, there are quite … Read More

1 Oct 2017

Greenbelters Biking the Anacostia River Trail

by Susan Harris | posted in: Sports/Recreation |

Greenbelters are discovering and even commuting to work via the bike path from Bladensburg Waterfront Park into D.C. or farther south along the river, thanks to the section south of Bladensburg that opened in October of 2016. It’s the much-anticipated … Read More

30 Nov 2016

Volunteers at Greenbelt Park are seeing the USA, one Park at a Time

by Susan Harris | posted in: Outdoors, Environment, Sports/Recreation |

Meet Mike Maxson, a Master Level Volunteer at Greenbelt Park, shown here helping man the park’s booth at Greenbelt’s Labor Day information event this year. Mike retired six years ago at the age of 60, after careers in the Marines, in manufacturing, for … Read More

Greenbelt National Park, volunteers
8 Aug 2016

Road Cycling Races Right Here in Greenbelt

by Susan Harris | posted in: Sports/Recreation |

No, this isn’t a scene from the outskirts of Rio. These are local racers, but that doesn’t mean they’re not serious about the sport, or so I gathered from watching and talking with family members and other race-followers and supporters. … Read More

26 May 2015

Day Trip: Pontoon Tour of the Patuxent River

by Susan Harris | posted in: Sports/Recreation |

How about a new feature here on the old blog – fun day trips from Greenbelt!  Guest blog stories welcome – just leave a comment. So I’ll start, with a place I began exploring last summer and returned to recently … Read More

Jug Bay, Patuxent River, pontoon tour
19 Nov 2014

Where Greenbelters Go Dancing

by Susan Harris | posted in: Fun Stuff, Sports/Recreation |

NOTE: For the most up-to-date information, click here for the 2017 edition. Here’s a round-up of social-dancing opportunities IN Greenbelt and where Greenbelters regularly go dancing nearby.  This list doesn’t include jazzercize, zumba, or other workout-focused solo dancing.  Leave a … Read More

dancing

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