Thursday April 12
I arrived in Philadelphia, PA just past 9pm EST and by 11pm i was on the way to Newark, DE were i stayed one night at Jordan Fissels house. Jordan is a former student at Orange Coast College where we're teammates on rowing team for 2 years. He is responsible for getting me on a road bike following the end of the rowing season. I haven't seen him since he moved to DE in 2005.
On friday April 13 i departed Delaware and went on the way SOUTH to Leesburg, VA where i stayed for a day at my cousins house just relaxing. Saturday morning i drove down to Springfield, VA and visited Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. That place is absolutely increadible. It has some of the earliest airplanes including Wrights brothers airplane and some of the most advanced Mach 3 n above planes like SR-71 Blackbird. Museum has over 130 full size airlanes and lots of space equiment and shuttles. This is museums web site http://www.nasm.si.edu/
After spending about 4 hours checking out the airplanes, i left the museum and headed farther east to Washington DC. It was about one hour drive to the capital city. When i entered the city i had a warm feeling come over me, it was just magical knowing that there was so much history there. Each building had its own story. I love this city and would love to come back there again and spend little bit more time walking down the streets. I only had few hours before i had to head up North to New York.
That's all for now. I will update shortly...
Xeno Muller, Olympic gold and silver medalist, indoor rowing, rowing technique.
Hey Val,
ReplyDeleteWhen are you trying out for the skeleton competition in Lake Placid?
XENO