Destination: Army War College: Bike to the Washington Monument? Why not!

Sunday, September 29, 2013

Bike to the Washington Monument? Why not!

Okay...so it sounded like a good idea, and it was, for the most part...just don't ask my butt right now to do it again. I used to make fun of people with padded bike pants...never again. Soon I will be an owner of said pants.

We parked at the Pentagon. Pedaled through LBJ Park. Found our way by a yacht club to a tunnel to go under the 4 lane road way safely. Stayed out of the way of fast bikers. Managed to not run over any runners. Crossed the Potomac on the Memorial Bridge with Arlington to our back. Dodged traffic by the Lincoln Memorial. The girls got a Jr. Ranger patch on the Mall with some amazing Rangers who were having fun with all the kiddos. Pedaled to the WW2 Memorial for a rest and then up to the Washington Monument and then back to the Pentagon and the truck. Oh, my achin' backside. Can you say walk like a cowboy for a day? But so worth it!

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Psalm 91:1-16

Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”

Surely he will save you from the fowler’s snare and from the deadly pestilence. He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart. You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day, nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that destroys at midday. A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you. You will only observe with your eyes and see the punishment of the wicked.

If you say, “The LORD is my refuge,” and you make the Most High your dwelling, no harm will overtake you, no disaster will come near your tent. For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways; they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone. You will tread on the lion and the cobra; you will trample the great lion and the serpent.

“Because he loves me,” says the LORD, “I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name. He will call on me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him. With long life I will satisfy him
and show him my salvation.”