WE MADE IT TO D.C.!!!! This morning, we were all determined to get to D.C. as early as possible, so with a departure time from our campground at about 8 am, we pushed ourselves hard for about three hours to make it to the city before lunch. As we got closer and closer, the path got more and more crowded, and biking became a bit more difficult, but that didn’t deter us! After biking over 300 miles, we rolled into our nation’s capital at about noon today, and it felt AMAZING. We checked into the plush Fairmont-Marriott hotel, got a bite to eat in the downtown neighborhood, and then returned to the hotel to just CHILL. Feeling exhausted yet very very accomplished, we beat the heat by taking a very well-earned rest in our hotel rooms for the remainder of the afternoon. In the early evening, Kirk’s family brought delicious pizza for us to enjoy in the hotel lobby in a makeshift pizza party, and we can definitely say that the most popular guest at said party was Kirk’s adorable dog, Otto, who made an appearance. Once our party had wrapped up, we ventured out onto the streets to D.C. once more to do something that everyone had been talking about doing for the past two weeks: watch Spider-Man: Far from Home in theatres! We capped off an amazing trip with a wonderful day, and though we’ll all say goodbye to one another tomorrow, we know we’ll always have this thrilling and rewarding bicycle experience to share.
