Washington DC

After a 2 weeks off me and my brother got back to biking this past Saturday and decided on our nations capital as our destination. We got up around 7:00am and drove down parking close to the White House and set out to tour around the memorials and the national mall stopping frequently for pictures. Our trip took us from the Washington Monument to the new(er) World War II memorial which is very respectfully done. Down along the reflecting pool over to the Vietnam Memorial and the Lincoln Memorial. We then proceeded over the Arlington Memorial Bridge to the Cemetery which despite growing up 30 miles outside of DC, I’d never been too. It was a very awe-inspiring trip and helped put a lot of things into perspective for me.

After Arlington we biked to the Jefferson Memorial stopping briefly at the FDR Memorial which I didn’t know even existed. We then made it back to the mall and biked the length of it to the Capital Building which again I’d only been to a hand full of times. After some pictures we went around the back and visited the steps of the Supreme Court building located at the corner of Maryland and First Street.

After getting back to my car we loaded up and took Rhode Island Avenue out of the city and through College Park.

I’m guessing we went about 6-7 miles round trip. Next week we’ll be back to trail riding which is why we bought the ridiculously expensive bikes anyway.

Just a thought, if you haven’t been downtown in a while you should go. Its really nice to remember all the sacrifices that went into forming our freedoms which are seldom recognized and easily taken for granted.

Here are some pictures.
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