DDH, sounds like you're BACK!!! That's great!!

I've been thinking of commuting partway to work. Drive down most of the way, bike in the rest of the way, so wanted to figure out how the bikepaths link up before thinking more about this.

So I took my bike to work with me, as I've done before, and rode after work. I work in downtown DC, which is great for biking. I went first to the Lincoln Memorial, then down to the river and rode along it for a few miles. I usually ride on flat flat flat trails, and this one is not flat. I went up a short hill that *I'd* certainly call steep (others may disagree!), and was sucking wind so stopped to catch my breath. I'd ridden only 4.5 miles at that point!! ACK!!

After I stopped panting, I turned around and went back to the Lincoln Memorial, and then rode up to the Capitol along Independence, and back down toward the Lincoln on Constititution. I stopped in Constitution Gardens to enjoy the pond for a few minutes; a squirrel -- young, I think likely of this year's crop -- crept up to me looking for a handout. I happened to have some peanut pieces with me, so put those down for him (some on my shoe). He was very cute!

After he finished, I rode around Constitution Gardens, and then headed back to work, where I'd left my car. Not a long ride, just 13 miles, but a good length for an after-work ride.