This past weekend, two of my gal friends came to play. They arrived in DC late Friday night and earnest Emily was waiting for their call, what do the girls do? They shopped! They saw a sale at Benetton's and like a moth drawn to the fire, the two were lured into the store by potential bargain finds. 45 minutes later, they reluctantly boarded the metro to head over to Rockville, suburbia Maryland.
The next day, bright and early, we headed off to Viriginia and kayaked. It was my first time. We had a world class champion kayaker named John join us for the day's festivities. The kayaks sat very low on the water and were very stable. I really enjoyed propelling myself forward, although at times it was somewhat tiring. Also, Viola aka Jaws came bearing down me a couple of times, threatening with an evil grin to throw me into the water I had to use my paddle several times to push her away to avoid a collision. She was scary.
We saw a large bird, a blue herring. We also saw a beaver dam but no beavers. I sweated alot within my PFD (personal floatation device - a cool name for a lifejacket).
After kayaking, we had a sumptious lunch at a Thai place and then went shopping for the rest of the blissful afternoon. We all bought different variations of the same skirt at one store. Olivia had some good finds that day.
Sunday, we went rock climbing at Dick's. I made it all the way up to the top! For my efforts, I was rewarded a Rock On sticker. Viola and Olivia were pretty good for their first try. They made it about halfway up, with little effort, but then I think they got a bit scared. Viola especially was like a monkey at first, scampering up the wall with incredible ease. I was mucho impressed.
Anyhoo...I had a great weekend. Hope we get to do this again sometime!
1 comment:
what a nice weekend! compared to yours, mine was relatively uneventful. I'd like to try indoor rock climing sometime although i have a feeling that i'll get scared.
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