Livin' Life: A DC 4th of July...

First of all, you know you live in a big city when you have to take public transportation to the airport, which is where I sit as I write this! That journey entails dragging luggage through the Costco parking lot, through the "mall", on the Metro, arriving at the airport. Of course I allowed plenty of time to get here this morning, and all that said, including security, total time: 30 minutes. So here I sit, with an hour and a half before boarding!

Anyway, this past week & weekend was a good one. First of all, as most of you know, we got the house we wanted! And we couldn't have asked for a more perfect place. A short three blocks to the Metro and about six blocks to King Street, which is Alexandria's version of a Main Street with tons of restaurants and drinking establishments.

The House!!!

So on the 4th, we were wishing that we had our bikes because there are an unbelievable number of bike paths through DC & VA, so we decided to go rent bikes in our new home town. We figured we take a nice easy ride towards Mount Vernon, home of George Washington. Well, 20 miles later, we were done. While it was probably the most beautiful bike ride ever, it kicked my butt! The entire trail is along the Potomac River, so there's great scenery. Guess I need to get back on the bike more often!

The Mount Vernon Bike Trail, with a view of the Potomac...

Then that evening, and how we had energy I have no clue, we went to the top of our building to watch fireworks. We overlook the Pentagon and the Washington Monuments, so it was a great backdrop for fireworks.