As I sit here watching the beginning of the Phillies and Rockies, game four, figured I'd give a little insight into another pretty cool play I checked out this weekend. Also, in case you're wondering, 28 states and DC celebrate Columbus Day, so I have not worked today.

The people picutred are, from right to left, Hazan Nazar, League of Conservation Voters, Chris Osbourne, Georgia Conservation Voters and Rep. John Lewis (D-GA05). The former Chairman of SNCC, Lewis led the march from Selma to Montgomery that later became "Bloody Sunday". 

Adam came in on Friday night and we checked out the H Street corridor, which if you've never been to Washington, is east of the Capitol and not in the greatest neighborhood. We did some serious walking that night, as would become the theme.

Saturday, as is customary for me on Saturday's, Adam came along to my football game on the mall. It was wet and more than a little chilly, but the we had probably our largest turnout and played three solid hours in the shadow of the Capitol. Since we'd struggled for a couple of weeks to get people out there, the guy who organizes our game had sent out an email calling us all un-American and reminding us that we can't allow frisbee and soccer players to take over the Mall. Couldn't agree with him more. So there we played, in full view of all the tourists, playing a competitive pickup football game.

From there we mostly just watched football, but Saturday night we headed back over near the Mall to Penn Quarter Sports Pub. For 3.5 quarters we sat frustrated, watching the Huskies near misses against Arizona. Then lightning struck. And again. And our little alumni bar was as loud as Husky Stadium. People were in shock. And going nuts. Despite the fact that is was nearly 2 am.

Finally, Sunday we headed down into Fairfax, to Adam's aunt and uncle's house. Found out that I can take the bus straight from my house to Old Town Alexandria. That is soon to be on the agenda.

The four of us drove to Great Falls, MD, up the Potomac river. If you have never gone up the Potomac, you probably just envision it as the huge, wide river that it is in the district. But just 10 miles north it is a series of smaller streams, flowing down hard like whitewater, thanks to natural and man-made blockades. We saw an incredible system of locks, all very old, but apparently used until 1921. There was a rock scrambled, that we did (me in flip flops, because I prepare like that), that took us along the river back for a while. It was amazing walking down river as it changed from fast flowing whitewater, to a more calm, settled body, almost like a lake. Part of it in DC looks that way too.

So anyway, here are some good photos of what we were seeing. Just wishing I could've gotten down there on a kayak. Apparently some US Olympians train on this part of the river, which could be extremely fun, but also deadly. It was pretty awesome. That said, I am sore, very sore.

Hope you are all having an awesome week.