Well not QUITE from the mule barn, but hauled to the start by the mule skinner. Another one of those rides where you descend more than you climb, though it doesn't really feel like it. Huuuuuumid day, the first like this all year, though, you know, summer, so.... Made the right choice and made this happen in the mid- to late morning. Heat indexes later today are supposed to be over 100°. Greenway was ... damp ... from yesterday's thunderboomers, with quite a few spots where there had been puddles and a very thin, very slippery layer of mud was left. These were often in corners and led to several OOPS moments but no falls. Spots of the trail -- the older stretches that weren't rerouted and turned into modern trails 10 years ago -- were badly overgrown. Blood was donated. Good ride, though, as it's been quite a while since I rode this last. Even though a fair bit of the route involves paved trails or sidewalks, only .9 of it is actually on a road with cars (the very beginning), which could be controlled by starting, say, at the Bethesda Church Road trail head at Oak Ridge and riding briefly on the Ridge Road east side sidewalk.