This city has so much to see, you could spend weeks here. I was wondering how to spend the day, when Chris, who took us on a short bicycle tour the night before, mentioned a second air and space museum out by the Dulles Airport that housed the Endeavor space shuttle and Enola Gay and a bunch of historic air and space stuff. I decided to go out there since it has been pretty recent that Carey and I were here and saw most of the Memorials. It took most of the day to get out there and back, but I sure did enjoy the visit. I spent about 3 hours out there and had to get back to do some preventative stuff to the bike.
The bike does take a little care to keep the thing running ok. Probably the most obvious is the chain. After rain and wet weather, it needs a good rag to clean off the grime and grit that comes with the water and another good oiling. Also after the banging that the bike took on that trail, I just checked all the bolts and such and made sure they were still tight. I am carrying two extra tubes and after yesterday's flat, they both needed patching, so I did that today as well.
My legs have been doing a little complaining today because of the ride yesterday, but I think the day off has helped tremendously. We were scheduled to travel another 80 miles tomorrow, but I think Dave, our leader could feel a possible mutiny coming and so the day has been split up and we are only going 30. We had one extra day to play with and I guess this is it. It will be good because there is a new Memorial at the Pentagon and we will stop as a group as we ride by tomorrow.
We sure have been having good weather. I sure feel the difference in humidity, but the temperature has been pretty nice. After all the days of rain, we are enjoying it.
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