Decided to avoid I-95, driving to Washington DC this afternoon.
Took 301 to the Bay Bridge, an engineering marvel connecting Maryland’s eastern and western shores. The Chesapeake was peaceful and gorgeous today, juxtaposed against a clear late afternoon sky. Several miles after passing Sandy Point (tip of the western shore), we cross the Severn River, graced with mansions and the US Naval Academy to the southern tip.
Dropping the hammer like an F-18 fighter pilot, we fly west on Route 50 towards Washington. Avoiding New York Avenue, we chase south along the Anacostia, crossing the river near RFK Stadium to East Capitol Street, leading to the Capitol Hill neighborhood, passing the United States Supreme Court, the US Capitol, and then the National Mall, with the monuments to our immediate left.
Passing the Lincoln Memorial, we cross the Potomac into Virginia, jumping on the GW Parkway heading west, with great views of Georgetown’s spires as the road climbs toward Langley, before we again cross the upper Potomac at Chain Bridge back into DC, climbing through The Palisades, to Spring Valley, and onward to my final destination.
Hard to beat our Nation’s Capitol around the holidays.