Our "Government Shutdown Tour of DC"

According to the Avon training schedule, we should walk 20 miles on Saturday. If you will recall, our personal best walk was 6 miles, so we knew it was business time.  We had great weather (Finally! Mother Nature is being a you know what to us in DC now. High today is 49 and rain. Seriously?!) We uploaded pictures as we walked, but I wanted to add a little commentary, even though a lot is self explanatory.

We started with no plans, just "walk until it's dark." By the time we got home from work, changed clothes, filled up our water bottles, adjusted our cool fanny pack water bottle holders, it was almost 7.  Speaking of fanny packs, does anyone know how to properly wear them? On our back seems right, but they seemed too high or too bulky. I asked Cousin "Does this look bad." Her response, "It's a fanny pack!" Point taken.  So we headed out amongst the tourists and their uncool fanny packs, ready to conquer the streets and monuments of DC.


We visited a total of 7 monuments - one for each mile we completed! The Washington, Jefferson, FDR, Lincoln, Korean, Vietnam and WWII. We didn't take a picture at FDR, but we went there. Promise! And we saw the cherry blossoms! After 6 years, they get a big check mark in my book. Those pictures are in previous entries.


We had a lot of time to catch up, a couple of highlights:


On the way back, we had a hunger, and the only thing that could cure it was Chick-fil-a. 2 miles later, we loaded up the car with Amanda and Caroline and went to VIRGINIA for a great reward. Cousin - 6 packs and banana pudding shake. Me - original sandwich and yogurt parfait. Yum. Forgot to document that part. We were in food euphoria.


Further down the road, while waiting on a traffic light, Cousin did some stretches. A Tahoe that looked to be a part of a fleet from a car service honked, slowed down a bit and stared. I laughed, Cousin blew it off with a "What is this? Panama City?!"


We finished 7.23 miles in 2 hours 8 minutes. Lance Armstrong was our celebrity congratulator today. He's proud of us. I can't wait to see who congratulates us after 26 miles. Don't worry, there will be blogging. All in all, we decided we weren't fatigued and endurance wasn't a problem, we think the biggest obstacle will be our joints, ankles and toes holding up to the walk. But knowing we have the support of our faithful readers/stalkers will help keep us going! Shameless plug: It's not too late to donate! Cousin needs just a bit to make her goal - there's not time like the present - seize the day - yadda yadda.  Nonetheless, we are in it to end it!