Today started out with a ride through the DC area with Esmith's dad (Dsmith) and his Aunt and Uncle so we could avoid riding on the packed Rock Creek Trail all day. The whole day's ride went very well with decent weather and some snoozing on some benches near the water after hard boiled eggs with bacon salt...yes bacon salt, and it's delicious. Check it out if you want some.
We stopped at a water treatment plant for lunch where a waterfall came out of the plant and had our usual PB&J. It was a relaxing area with the water noises...so more snoozing ensued.
After nearly getting sideswiped by a county commuter bus just outside of Quantico (he did it on purpose! we're sure of it!), we arrived at my cousin David and his wife Jill's townhouse in Aquia, VA. The night was a blast as yet again new family members met each other (I didn't even David existed until Aunt Colleen put us in touch). Jill was an excellent cook and the enchiladas were delicious, along with the guava juice, beer, sorbet, girlscout cookies (her daughter is a gscout, so she's got the hook up), and whatever other treats we were able to get our hands on. Conversation was all over the board and hysterical and we ended the night by watching Evolution...a movie I hadn't seen in over 10 years (god, I'm old!). Speaking of old, I just read an article in a Sports Illustrated on Michael Phelps, and he was talking about how his coach used to make him swim 3 miles a day in addition to his other practice swims, but he doesn't do it anymore because he's "...old, man. I'm an old guy, almost 23." What?! I'm no gramps, so can it Phelps.
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