3 mile swim done! No jellyfish!

[Selkie]

Congratulations!! I bet you were so happy there were no jellies!

What airport did you fly into, National or Dulles?

Now you know why I'm always complaining about my commute (I have no options to bike to work or take public transportation--I live close to National Airport and commute out to Dulles )! The traffic here is awful and a good many of the drivers are horrible.

[HillSlugger]

Karen,

Awesome swim! I wish I had a little of your swimming speed. I'm glad the MD water was good to you and the jellies were not around. Maybe next time you are in the area we'll be able to meet.

[roadie gal]

Amazing. I'm so impressed.

[HillSlugger]

DC traffic is supposedly second only to LA. It's amazing we don't have more road rage incidents here.

[KSH]

I flew into Reagan International.

We missed an exit for the freeway we needed and had to drive around town looking for another freeway to take.

It was scary.

Within 5 miles I saw two wrecks with cops on the scene.

Then, there was a broken down bus in our lane on a busy and fast moving road. We would try to swing out into traffic and the stinking driver of the bus who was behind it, kept stepping in front of our car! I think he was trying to walk around the left side of the bus for some reason.

I also saw someone stopped for a red light... who left about 3 car lengths of empty space. Saw another guy who went speeding by us, slam on his brakes... then speed by us again.

IT WAS INSANITY!

In India it was chaos, but controlled chaos. They all knew what to do. In D.C. it was uncontrolled chaos and very scary.

Not to mention we were in a BAD part of town... two white chicks with a baby in the back... I was scared of being car jacked or something.

OH! And the roads were HORRIBLE! I've never seen more HORRIBLE roads in all my life. INDIA had better roads. It's so sad that our Nation's capital is such cr@p.

[katluvr]

Awesome swim....3 miles seems impossible to me since I am newbie. Maybe one day I'll tackle a long swim...
well, maybe.

Again, congrats. I have been hoping to hear a report (no Jellies!)

[kacie tri-ing]

Hey! I am so impressed! You are super fast! Sorry I wasn't faster responding, I was out of town.

How was your recovery? I felt like it was pretty quick for me (certainly compared with running ). Have you been swimming again yet?

[Selkie]

I flew into Reagan International.
We missed an exit for the freeway we needed and had to drive around town looking for another freeway to take.
It was scary.
Within 5 miles I saw two wrecks with cops on the scene.
Then, there was a broken down bus in our lane on a busy and fast moving road. We would try to swing out into traffic and the stinking driver of the bus who was behind it, kept stepping in front of our car! I think he was trying to walk around the left side of the bus for some reason.
I also saw someone stopped for a red light... who left about 3 car lengths of empty space. Saw another guy who went speeding by us, slam on his brakes... then speed by us again.
IT WAS INSANITY!
In India it was chaos, but controlled chaos. They all knew what to do. In D.C. it was uncontrolled chaos and very scary.
Not to mention we were in a BAD part of town... two white chicks with a baby in the back... I was scared of being car jacked or something.
OH! And the roads were HORRIBLE! I've never seen more HORRIBLE roads in all my life. INDIA had better roads. It's so sad that our Nation's capital is such cr@p.

I love National airport -- much easier than Dulles, but I must admit that I'm biased! Flying in and out of National is nice (the views).
I'm sorry about what happened to you. It's very confusing down there, lots of exits, merging lanes, etc. A lot of drivers are rude, impatient, distracted, and/or careless, which just makes it worse. Driving in DC proper is no fun, even if you're familiar with the city.
If you fly in there again, you might consider taking metro from the Airport and meeting your sister at a metro station in MD.