After Jen arrived to a spotless house (well, upstairs...I told her not to go downstairs), we went to Saladworks for a late lunch/early dinner. Trying to watch what we eat! Then we went to REI. Jen had a dividend to spend...unfortunately she jumped the gun since it was too early to redeem them. I think we picked up a couple of little things. On the way to another errand, we witnessed a scary accident. We got our green arrow to turn left onto FFX County Pkwy...the SUV in front of us was turning left when suddenly it wasn't there anymore! Another car had run the red light (for whatever reason) and smashed into the SUV. No one was seriously hurt, thank goodness!! We were delayed giving our statements to the investigating officer. Then we came home physically and mentally exhausted and kicked back and had a cold one (or two, or three).
We got up Sunday morning...not as early as we would have liked...and went for a local hike just to keep in shape. I took Jen to Seneca for the "long loop", which is 3.66 miles. We did it in about 2 hours since Jen went without a daypack, and we had Rosie pulling us along. We saw lots of spring flowers, mainly Virginia Bluebells, all along the Potomac. Not the AT, but a good hike to keep us in "hiking shape". I enjoyed showing Jen where Rosie and I spend so much time. I showed her the relics of the Potowmak Canal, and introduced her to "Bob"...the switchback towards the end to re-gain lost elevation. By the time we got home and got cleaned up to go to Tanya & Jules place, it was after noon. Eeek!
We zipped down to Woodbridge, but took time to stop and get Tanya a plant in memory of Travis that she could plant in the backyard. We were going to get a dogwood, but the ones the nursery had looked a little sketchy. We ended up getting a white camellia plant. Anything but pink, since Travis is a boy and he wouldn't care much for pink. I think she liked it. We scooted off to Zoes Kitchen for lunch. Man, I was dreaming about owning a Saladworks franchise, but now Zoes is in the running. Good stuff!! Who would have thunk about putting rosemary in white beans? Yummy stuff!
It looks like this coming weekend is going down to Mother Nature. There is a 70% chance of storms on Saturday, and a 70% chance of showers on Sunday. Blah! Sorry, but I don't backpack in wet/bad weather if I have a choice. We may go see the parents instead, but that's TBD right now.
Our next leg is Beahm's Gap to wherever. If we can do a backpack, we'll probably shoot for Pinnacles picnic area. If a dayhike, we may have to go real short and just get to Thornton Gap since there are no Skyline shuttle points until Jewel Hollow (which is 8.7 miles...hence the backpack) . If we go dayhike, we may bring the pups again since it is only 3.5 miles.
We're behind in our monthly averages, but no doubt we'll make it up once backpacking weather hits.
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