Its a bit after one now, but I think I’ve finally finished taking care of every thing I need to do. My bike is loaded up, I have food, water bottle are filled, and I’ve recovered two of my three missing socks as well as my missing bike glove. Things took a little bit longer than expected, but I got a voice mail this morning about an interview for a job. I’m going to make one more round to make sure I didn’t forget anything and then head out.

The 10 Day forecast doesn’t look too promising, but hopefully I can at least make it to Richmond, VA. The good thing with this rain, if I get wet it will still be hot outside, where last week when it was almost in the 60’s and raining, it was much more miserable.

All I’ve got left to do here is work on my bike for just a few minutes, pack up my gear, and I’ll be off again. Knowing me, that means I probably won’t be on the road until close to noon, but that should give me plenty of time to get at least 30 miles in today, which is what I need to do before I’ll start finding good places to sleep.

So wish me luck with the weather and keep checking back and I’ll let you know how I’m doing.

Spending so much time at the dinosaur exhibit, I really didn’t get to see anything else in the Museam of Natural History. The last time I came to DC, about eight years ago, I remembered that the Hope Diamond had just gone on display, and some people were waiting 3 hours to see it. Since there was no wait to see it now, I decided to make a quick stop by before I left.