Ooh I have been rather lazy in updating our blog, I guess with winter and all we just haven't gotten out as much to do noteworthy things. But here is what we have been up to...
We have mentioned before that we live right off great biking trails that take us downtown and all over northern VA, so a couple of weeks ago we rode down to Alexandria, it was a great ride and when we got there they were having a St. Patty's day celebration (about two weeks early??? weird) We were so confused at first, but once we figured things out we were glad we had unintentionally wore green!
Matt found the red bull car for refueling after our ride...
We also found the back to the future car on display, random... but fun
This cemetary had gravesites from the late 1700's! crazy, Alexandria is where our country was taking shape. George Washington's place of business was in Alexandrian and here is an old church with a graveyard in the middle of Old Towne.
(to all those history buffs out there, sorry I probably butcher trying to explain the history of the places we visit, I have never been that great at history)
After lunch and lazy strolling we decided to ride the metro home and took the easy way back! Although we were super glad to have our bikes along, because the metro was running super slow and on our way back there was going to be a 20 min delay...yikes! so we hopped off on our bikes and rode the rest of the way home. It was a fun day, no traffic or cars, but a great afternoon getaway.
We also visited the American History Museum recently, this is Abraham Lincolns' tophat... I thought that was cool to see.
Here I am being Oscar the Grouch!
Kermit!
Dumbo!
Our favorite part of the museum was the Star Spangled Banner exhibit, you can't take pictures in that exhibit, but they have the original flag that was raised during the war of 1812 that inspired the writing of our National Anthem.
We also visited some wineries with Scott and Cheryl a couple of weeks ago. Here we are at Potomac winery near Fredericksburg, VA. This was a beautiful facility with Italian architecture and design and great space for receptions and weddings. Also a great place to hang out and relax with a glass of wine!
Here we are waiting to sample our wines. This was the second winery we went to and Matt was feeling a bit light headed so he sat this one out (he has become such a lightweight!).
We didn't get the official tour because we arrived too late in the day but I snuck in some pictures of the oak barrels that make my favorite red wines and chardonnay taste so yummy.
After lunch and lazy strolling we decided to ride the metro home and took the easy way back! Although we were super glad to have our bikes along, because the metro was running super slow and on our way back there was going to be a 20 min delay...yikes! so we hopped off on our bikes and rode the rest of the way home. It was a fun day, no traffic or cars, but a great afternoon getaway.
We also visited the American History Museum recently, this is Abraham Lincolns' tophat... I thought that was cool to see.
Here I am being Oscar the Grouch!
Kermit!
Dumbo!
Our favorite part of the museum was the Star Spangled Banner exhibit, you can't take pictures in that exhibit, but they have the original flag that was raised during the war of 1812 that inspired the writing of our National Anthem.We also visited some wineries with Scott and Cheryl a couple of weeks ago. Here we are at Potomac winery near Fredericksburg, VA. This was a beautiful facility with Italian architecture and design and great space for receptions and weddings. Also a great place to hang out and relax with a glass of wine!
Here we are waiting to sample our wines. This was the second winery we went to and Matt was feeling a bit light headed so he sat this one out (he has become such a lightweight!).
We didn't get the official tour because we arrived too late in the day but I snuck in some pictures of the oak barrels that make my favorite red wines and chardonnay taste so yummy.
Stainless steel barrels are important too, just so they don't feel left out...
At the end of the day we enjoyed some great wines and had a good time. The guys actually went to a men's bible study that evening and Cheryl and I took a nap! That wine went straight to my head too.
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