It Took Two Hours to Travel Two Miles - and the Subaru Hits a Landmark 88,888 Miles

Just as he was saying the mileage on the ten year old Subaru was 88,888, it turned to 88,889 when I got the photo. This conversation was occurring because we were traveling at a snail's pace along the George Washington Parkway at the height of the cherry blossom season and EVERYONE was heading to Washington. We made the big mistake of doing our usual Saturday routine of having breakfast in McLean, then picking up a few groceries. Getting out of town was easy but coming back in was dreadful - except the sun was out! And I was able to take photos of things that I usually can't because the car is traveling much too fast. There was a city scene from the distance, a Marine memorial, a dinner boat passing along the river, the Pentagon, and the Anacostia river along Potomac Park East.  So what is typically a twenty minute ride turned in to almost two hours because our real destination this afternoon was the Arboretum - to see more cherry trees away from the madness of the Tidal Basin. Was it worth it? I suppose so. But as it turns out some of the prettiest blooms are right in our neighborhood, but that's another story.