Super Long Saturday Walk!!

Before this past Saturday, the farthest I had walked was 11 miles. We met on Saturday morning at 9:30 (ish) in Dupont Circle, fanny packs and all, and headed out towards Virginia. We were thrilled to have a new walker, Diana Schrimpf, to keep us entertained. We were doing great until we hit the Tidal Basin and the 14th Street Bridge and had no idea how to get Virginia (see, Virginia's crazy!). Finally, after a couple of phone calls to Heather Sullivan, we made it down south. The bridge was a loud and scary, but we made it because we are tough.

Once we crossed into Virginia, we only had about 6 miles left to get to our halfway point!! We stopped near some flag-football games (or rugby to some people) and stretched out our already aching legs. YIKES STRIPES!!

Anyway...so we hopped onto the trail that would take us by the beautiful river and onto Old Town Alexandria. Right before the airport we heard canons. No joke, we heard canons. I suppose it could have been other loud booming noises, perhaps associated with the nearby planes, but I suspect it was actually an approaching pirate ship. Seems more likely to me anyway.

Blah blah blah...we get to Old Town. We ate a yummy and very necessary lunch at La Madeleine. It was hard to get back out there after our lunch break, but we felt nourished, hydrated, relieved (bathroom-style) and icy-hotted. Additionally, we were in Virginia, we had to get out.

On the walk home, we were a little bit more separate, achy and wet because of the icnreasing rain. We all made it home and to work on Monday. I'd say, all in all, a great walk!