Urban Adventures

Today, Mr R and I walked most of the way across the new floating bridge and back. We didn't make it all the way across and back for the full 10k. The walk started a bit late and everyone had to be off the bridge by 9:30 so we didn't have a full two hours. And there were 13,000 people so it was a bit slow going for the first mile or so.

We weren't quite to the first mile when the first of the runners heading back passed us.

I think we made it past the 2 mile mark before we turned around and headed back to the finish. It was cold and windy out on the mid span. On the way back, I entered into my geeky meets grumpy phase. It happens when I have been walking for a long time and I suddenly feel I am on a forced march and all I want to do is sit down but I have to keep moving.

We made it back to the finish, got on the train bound for Capitol Hill, and had breakfast. French toast seemed to take care of the grumpies!  On the way back, we decided not to go back on to the bridge for the rest of the opening festivities. The line for the shuttle buses to the bridge was quite long.

It felt so good to get home and take my shoes off. Later Mr R will head off to the soccer match. I am going to stay home.

I am glad we did the walk on the bridge. It was fun to be out there before the cars. I have to have a few once in a lifetime experiences.