Tag Archives: Washington DC

3 x 3 + 1

Posted on October 9, 2014 by John M

Seems like I’m always falling behind — too busy hiking to plan the next hike or too busy planning the next hike to blog about the last hike. During group hikes, I’m usually too busy navigating (avoiding getting lost) to … Continue reading →

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Long weekend, lost wonder

Posted on September 6, 2014 by John M

Whenever a Federal holiday comes around, yielding a three-day weekend, I usually feel compelled to fill up with hikes. Maybe this compulsion comes from something I was discussing with a friend not so very long ago, about the lost wonder … Continue reading →

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Summer on the Potomac

Posted on August 27, 2014 by John M

A couple of hikes over the past two weeks shared something in common, the Potomac River, but yielded two very different feels. The Palisades District of Washington DC, demonstrably the younger of the two neighborhoods we hiked through, still has … Continue reading →

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Catching up

Posted on August 15, 2014 by John M

The past couple of weeks I have still been busy hiking, but sadly negligent in writing posts about it. So I’ll have to back up and play catch-up again… Carderock On Saturday, August 2nd, I thought a visit to Carderock … Continue reading →

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Whole cloth

Posted on July 10, 2014 by John M

Last weekend turned out to be a busy weekend for hiking. Early in the week I planned a hike in Reston on Saturday, but left Sunday open because the weather forecast predicted a good chance of thunderstorms. It wasn’t until … Continue reading →

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Expressions

Posted on June 25, 2014 by John M

Given the muggy weather we’ve been having lately, with high humidity and a 40-50% chance of showers always in the forecast, it’s time to start visiting some of the shady trails that follow the many stream beds in Fairfax County. … Continue reading →

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Two urban hikes

Posted on May 16, 2014 by John M

Last week the weather forecast for the weekend was for rain both days, all the way until Thursday-ish, when the weather mages started changing their tune. As it turned out, both days turned out to be beautiful, but the evening … Continue reading →

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Sunny days

Posted on May 5, 2014 by John M

This past weekend our hiking group spent two sunny days giving the District of Columbia some loving! Saturday was the early morning visit to the U.S. National Arboretum that I mentioned in my last post, and the sunshine and light … Continue reading →

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A last look at the falling blossoms

Posted on April 15, 2014 by John M

Last Sunday I scheduled a 4-mile walk on the National Mall for the last day of the National Cherry Blossom Festival, to see the long-anticipated blossoms at their fullest bloom beginning  to fall in flurries, like light pink petals of snow floating on the … Continue reading →

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Finally

Posted on April 7, 2014 by John M

After the dreary last weekend in March, with the unexpected snowfall on Sunday, this past weekend finally propelled us forward into Spring, and we celebrated with a nice walk around the National Mall in Washington DC on Saturday. We started … Continue reading →

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