southeast sights and signs

over the last week i've spent some awesome time with friends in washington, dc and pittsburgh, pa.  i still have to blog about that... hopefully soon.   by the end of today (thursday) i plan to be back in philly!  i haven't been back there since i started this trip in november.  friday marks a half year of travel!! hard to believe it.

most of the people i know live in or near philadelphia and i have a list approaching 200 people that i hope to see in the next four weeks.  yikes!  hopefully i catch up and keep up on my postings...

for now, here's a set of various photos of mostly random things i saw while in the southeast over the last two months...

just doin' my part.  ha, sometimes a leak can be environmentally friendly.

bird crap on my windshield that resembled a face

some may call this inappropriate.  i call it amazing talent!

hm, this off centered mistake must have squeezed by the quality control check point

bikes!

what? humps are the size of cars here!

what happens when you jump the hump

it will be dark by the time you've read over the access rules!

silver spring, maryland

i drove through dc to go see my friend leah whom i had met when we both lived in philly.

architecture

interchange

traffic

pentagon

bumper protection

i met up with leah and her housemate sheryl at the giant near their apartment.

i didn't know leah very well in philly, but we did see each other at church a lot and had some of the same friends.  it was really great hanging out for the evening and on saturday when she didn't have to work.   now i wish we had spent more time together in philly!   oh well, there are only so many people one can get to know when there is a large community of people like we had.   it was quite a blessing to get to know her a little better.  i had fun staying with leah and sheryl!   thanks you guys!!

colonial williamsburg

on a beautiful sunny day i got to roam through the streets of colonial williamsburg.  i had never been there before.  i did my own free tour while on my bike!  since i didn't bye a ticket, i couldn't go inside anywhere.  someday maybe i could do that with someone else.  but it was a pleasant and free exploration that was well satisfying for the day.  here are some pictures...

i also rode around the campus of william and mary

then after all that riding i got a flat on my bike!  at least it was at the end of my exploring.  it was a lovely day. : )