Lauren & I decided we were gonna take a bike ride. Sounded like an excellent idea to me. We started out first in Georgetown, where we ended up just eating Subway on the banks of the Potomac and getting air in some tires.
We headed back to Crystal City to her place to park and ride from there...we thought that might be a little smarter.
We took off on the Mount Vernon trail, headed for Old Town Alexandria - and the path we took was just incredible. Biking through forests, over marshes, on cute little wooden bridges with ropes as the 'safety net,' passing runners, bikers, rollerbladers, walkers...and getting passed ourselves.
We made it to Old Town, stopped for a cookie on King Street and ate it along the river. We decided to be a bit more venturous and head farther south...so far south that we were going UNDER 495, that my friends is what they call the 'outer loop' and 395 is the 'inner loop.' We pretty much started at 395.
We saw a sign for Hwy 1 and decided to follow it...only to find out we were going the wrong direction and were coming upon exits for Fort Belvoir...not the direction we needed to go. After turning around, biking back through Alexandria we headed for Gravelly Point.
Gravelly Point was the perfect place to end our 15 mile bike ride. We laid in the grass, somewhat in pain, but also enjoying the perfect beauty of the day...and the fact that planes were taking off 400 feet in front of us...and flying straight over our pretty little faces as low as 100 ft above us.
Yesterday brought back a lot of memories. Mainly of when I used to cycle all the time in college. Road & Mountain - I miss it. I miss it a lot. My goal is to go at least 10 miles 3 days a week on the bike...there is something relaxing about it.
But let's face it. If it weren't so dad gum hilly around here, I'd be in my rollerblades in a heartbeat...because that my friends - is my favorite.
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