Ra's Life

Fun in the burbs with at a dinner party hosted by an amazing woman that I work with. Originally from Viet Nam, Kim has had an amazing life in foreign service for the U.S. and is a fun hostess.

I also found the Capital Cresent Trail, Dumbarton Oaks park and other biking areas. In literally 4 minutes I can be biking along the Potomac river or a canal in a tunnel of trees. Waterfalls, packed trails, woods! all around the city/district.

I wanted to check out the route for bike commuting for work and ended up stopping at yard sales, farmers markets and finally ended up at the mall. THE 'Mall'. With Washington Monument at one end and the Lincoln Memorial at another. I pedalled by the White house and made stops at the monuments/memorials of Lincoln, Washing and Jefferson.

What is the difference between a monument and a memorial? I found out today on a 3 hour tour of 'Monuments off the beaten track', done by bike, led by 2 National Park rangers. (go ahead and ask ...). Complete with great stories (which I will start to write about here) these tours are done every Saturday and Sunday and com in many varieties - next week ' Washington is burning'. Rwanda note: Cheadle Visits 'Hotel Rwanda' for 1st Time
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050821/ap_en_mo/cheadle_rwanda