What, Where?

5 thoughts on “What, Where?”

1. Quince Orchard Road and Great Seneca Highway?

   Paul, I think it’s the intersection of Quince Orchard Road and Great Seneca Highway. There’s been so many townhouse developments over the past 5 years in that area, so it’s hard to tell different complexes apart. I think it’s on the NW side of the Kentlands.

   1. what i think…

      What I think is cool about these pictures is that I took them yesterday. It was neat to drive through the neighborhood some of you folks grew up in (and still live near).

   2. Try living here and watch it

      Try living here and watch it change so much. There are just some things in our memories I think need to stay the same. I remember playing in the band when the first half of Great Seneca was opened. Now living on the Muddy Branch side we all thought it was great not having to drive all the way around Gaithersburg just to get to that side anymore. The Rio was built right behind where I lived. To look at all of that now makes it seem so long ago.

2. Near the kentlands i say too…

   I have been doing volunteer work at QOHS and that area has definately changed alot.

   Crazy to think that Matt and I used to ride our bikes down Great Seneca while it was under construction. Made a great bike path.

   1. Not just bikes…

      It wasn’t just bikes we rode on Great Seneca.

      I remember when the Rio was brand-new. We went with a bunch of friends to the theater and caught the late show. We raced home in a rainstorm, hitting 80-90MPH on a completely abandoned highway.

      As I always told Bryan Gregg, driving that beat-up old van, “You can accelerate faster than my 1984 Volvo Station Wagon, but I’m willing to drive faster!”

      As I recall correctly, doing the Rio for a late show was something that got us into trouble with a cop once, too. There was a red light that lasted forever, so we did a few Chinese Fire Drills. Got pulled over by a cop about a mile down the road for it. But that’s a subject for another blog, I can make the story much more entertaining than that 🙂

      —
      Matthew P. Barnson

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