Scenes from the Commute

This morning, Tidal Basin.

Misty Potomac Morning

Yesterday morning, on the commute to work. Looking east across the Potomac near Gravelly Point.

Friday Morning on the Bike Trail

On the way to work...the path curves through a small woods back towards the river as the sun rises.

120

That's the number of miles I commuted on bike this week...11 miles each way, 22 miles a day, five days.

This Blue Heron greeted me most mornings. He's fishing in the shallows of the Potomac north of Old Town Alexandria.

I'm getting used to pedaling home in the dark...I have a good light, but many oncoming cyclist's lights are blinding. So you momentarily lose your night vision...which caused me to almost plow into a pedestrian wearing no lights or reflective gear last night when an oncoming bike passed me.

I love my commute, though...it is a beautiful way to start and end the day. And, assuming I don't torpedo a pedestrian, a healthy way to boot.

Scenes from the Commute Cont.

Sunset on the way home.

The Commute

UPDATE: Camera found! The LTR found it hiding in my bag of music. I don't remember putting it in there. Anyway, he's happy because he wants me to take some muscle flex shots of him tonight. Don't tell him I told you that, either.


My new commute is beautiful. I ride my bike through downtown DC, bisect the National Mall, riding past the Washington Monument, past the Jefferson Memorial, over the 14th Street Bridge and then along the Potomac south to Old Town Alexandria. And usually this time of year to see the sun rise to the east, casting the monuments in a rosy glow with soft light dancing off the calm river waters.

I'd take a picture of it for you, but, alas, a free-lance socialist helped himself to it from my bike. I slipped the camera in my bike bag last week intending to take a picture, but it was foggy. Until today. When I remembered my camera. And found it missing.

Don't tell the LTR. This is the second camera I've lost in a year.