Franklin, North Carolina
Warrenton, Virginia
Allentown, Pennsylvania
via Washington D.C. in the District of Columbia
We continued along the Appalachian Mountains and the Blue Ridge Parkway into Virginia with plans to meet up the next day with Lisa’s cousin, Jake, in Washington D.C. We stopped for the night in a little town outside D.C. called Warrenton.
Neither of us had ever been to D.C. before. It was quite exciting going over the bridge into the city and first seeing the Washington Monument. We enjoyed the Smithsonian, seeing the Capitol Building and the White House. It was good to be reacquainted with the nostalgic feelings of the ideas and principals this country was founded on, not the just the international effects of the current regime. After wandering around and strolling through long blocks of green grass, we met up with Jake for lunch and got a chance to catch up that was a long time coming. So good to see Jake doing so well… he’s working for a democratic think-tank focused on green energy. After enjoying D.C. for the day, we had a big ride to Allentown, Pennsylvania (remember the Billy Joel song?), just 50+ miles west of New York City. We made sure to soak up as much of the countryside as possible knowing that we’d be in the bright lights and big city for the next few days.
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