Naomi goes for a bike ride: Washington DC

The days spent in Washington DC were welcome rest days, especially since I managed to come down with a bit of a cold while there. At the same time, thanks to an in and out fever for large chunks of it, the days kind of blur together with this whole retro-active blogging business. So, just a brief summary. Our hosts were all wonderful, Nancy got some fixing-up and maintenance, and I did wind up going to the photo exhibition suggested in Annapolis called "Documerica". If anyone reading is in the vicinity, I highly recommend it. It was a series of photos taken through an EPA program in the 1970s that showed daily life all across the USA and the role and concern about the environment and environmental protection. I would say it was well worth the hour or so that Sam and I spent in the near-freezing rain in line to enter the National Archives building. Luckily, times like these are great for games, so I got to introduce him to 'Animal, Vegetable, Mineral'. Awesome.

I also went to the Natural History Museum and spent some time cycling around the city as well as out to the Velocity community bike space. Met some great people there and got to put on a new chain, even left with some cycling shoes to try out and a set of SPD pedals should I decide I want to transition to clipless. A great way to spend the afternoon and cleaned tons of muck and North Carolinian sand out of the gears.

When we did leave DC, it was in the direction of Annapolis once again. Sam and I had sort of planned to head up northeast in the direction of Baltimore and Philadelphia, but when we realized that routing was quite complicated and neither of us had a burning desire to spend great amounts of time in those cities, we opted to go back the way I had come and take a ferry to New Jersey. Thanks to Chris, Dani, and Sarah for a great time in DC and helping one of those Northerners to enjoy your capital city!