In this post I just want to mention some activities that we were involved recently, or we are still keeping up with. Starting in September, we had 5 kayaking classes through the Robert E Lee Recreation Center, which were a light workout and fun. We never tried kayaking before, but it was fairly easy on the nice and calm Lake Accotink. Besides, the weather was beautiful most of the time, which made our kayak rides even more enjoyable.
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Nalls, our favorite local produce store, announced the opening of Pumpkin Hill 2016 on Saturday, September 24th. Dave and I were in the area and decided to visit the place. We have never seen such a variety of pumpkins. They have the very BEST selection of pumpkins, gourds, and squashes in Northern Virginia. All different shapes, sizes, and colors! Pumpkin Hill includes a pumpkin fort and Penny’s Penny Hunt for young kids. Here are some pictures of these beautiful pumpkins.
This weekend we visited the Seven Oaks Lavender Farm in Catlett, VA. The farm was open to visitors for the last weekend, so the lavender blossoms were almost gone. We still had a good time spent outdoors and enjoyed a beautiful ride to the farm.
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Dave and I did a lot of shopping today and stopped at Bertucci’s restaurant for lunch. Cute place and a brick oven baked pizza was delicious. It think we will be visiting this place more often. 🙂
The Wegmans supermarket was opened at Hilltop Village Center, just 3 miles from our home, last month. Dave and I finally visited this premier grocer in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast United States today. Not an exaggeration to say that this supermarket is the best supermarket I have ever seen! Shopping at Wegmans is like a journey through a small, beautifully maintained, self-sustaining city. The food selection here is unparalleled, especially the cheese selection!
Yesterday Metro deployed the new 7000 series rail cars on the Blue Line, which runs from Springfield, Virginia, through the District to Largo, Maryland. The new cars replace the oldest cars in Metro’s system. It was some excitement for us, since we use the blue line periodically for commuting. I drove to work yesterday, so I didn’t get to ride a new car. Today I missed 2 old trains at the Metro station before catching a new one, waited extra 12 minutes. 🙂
It was an interesting morning… With the temperature reaching 104 degrees around 3 p.m. on Friday June 29, 2012 at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, a wave of violent storms swept through the Washington area on Friday evening. The storm knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses after a day of record-setting heat (breaking a 78-year-old record high for the month of June) according to USA Today. It was very hot for the past several days in DC metro area. Today, in the morning during our ride, my husband and I saw some results of the storm. We live in Alexandria, which is not far from DC (around 15 miles) and it seems like the storm did not hit us hard, but we saw some broken trees and knocked down road signs, not to mention leaves and branches were everywhere on the usually spotless roads. Just as we arrived at the Lee RECenter, we saw a tree broken almost in half.
